That boy 's tutor ? Ah ! I understand now . I know all about it . Jo blundered into a wrong message in one of your Father 's letters , and I made her tell me . You have n't gone and accepted him , child ? '' cried Aunt March , looking scandalized . `` Hush ! He 'll hear . Sha n't I call Mother ? '' said Meg , much troubled . `` Not yet . I 've something to say to you , and I must free my mind at once . Tell me , do you mean to marry this Cook ? If you do , not one penny of my money ever goes to you . Remember that , and be a sensible girl , '' said the old lady impressively . Now Aunt March possessed in perfection the art of rousing the spirit of opposition in the gentlest people , and enjoyed doing it . The best of us have a spice of perversity in us , especially when we are young and in love . If Aunt March had begged Meg to accept John Brooke , she would probably have declared she could n't think of it , but as she was preemptorily ordered not to like him , she immediately made up her mind that she would . Inclination as well as perversity made the decision easy , and being already much excited , Meg opposed the old lady with unusual spirit .
`` I shall marry whom I please , Aunt March , and you can leave your money to anyone you like , '' she XXXXX , nodding her head with a resolute air .
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