I 'm satisfied , so please take the money and let 's have supper . '' `` Tell me all about it , Jo . I am not quite satisfied , but I ca n't blame you , for I know how willingly you sacrificed your vanity , as you call it , to your love . But , my dear , it was not necessary , and I 'm afraid you will regret it one of these days , '' said Mrs. March . `` No , I wo n't ! '' returned Jo stoutly , feeling much relieved that her prank was not entirely condemned . `` What made you do it ? '' asked Amy , who would as soon have thought of cutting off her head as her pretty hair . `` Well , I was wild to do something for Father , '' replied Jo , as they gathered about the table , for healthy young people can eat even in the midst of trouble . `` I hate to borrow as much as Mother does , and I knew Aunt March would croak , she always does , if you ask for a ninepence . Meg gave all her quarterly salary toward the rent , and I only got some clothes with mine , so I felt wicked , and was bound to have some money , if I sold the nose off my face to get it . '' `` You need n't feel wicked , my child ! You had no winter things and got the simplest with your own hard earnings , '' said Mrs. March with a look that warmed Jo 's heart . `` I had n't the least idea of selling my hair at first , but as I went along I kept thinking what I could do , and feeling as if I 'd like to dive into some of the rich stores and help myself . In a barber 's window I saw tails of hair with the prices marked , and one black tail , not so thick as mine , was forty dollars . It came to me all of a sudden that I had one thing to make money out of , and without stopping to think , I walked in , asked if they bought hair , and what they would give for mine . '' `` I do n't see how you dared to do it , '' said Beth in a tone of awe . `` Oh , he was a little man who looked as if he merely lived to oil his hair . He rather stared at first , as if he was n't used to having girls bounce into his shop and ask him to buy their hair . He said he did n't care about mine , it was n't the fashionable color , and he never paid much for it in the first place .
The work put into it XXXXX it dear , and so on .
'm call condemned dared get know made regret said went