`` Hanged if I do ! I 'm not going to be lectured and pummelled by everyone , just for a bit of a frolic . I was sorry about Meg , and begged pardon like a man , but I wo n't do it again , when I was n't in the wrong . '' `` He did n't know that . '' `` He ought to trust me , and not act as if I was a baby . It 's no use , Jo , he 's got to learn that I 'm able to take care of myself , and do n't need anyone 's apron string to hold on by . '' `` What pepper pots you are ! '' sighed Jo . `` How do you mean to settle this affair ? '' `` Well , he ought to beg pardon , and believe me when I say I ca n't tell him what the fuss 's about . '' `` Bless you ! He wo n't do that . '' `` I wo n't go down till he does . '' `` Now , Teddy , be sensible . Let it pass , and I 'll explain what I can . You ca n't stay here , so what 's the use of being melodramatic ? '' `` I do n't intend to stay here long , anyway . I 'll slip off and take a journey somewhere , and when Grandpa misses me he 'll come round fast enough . '' `` I dare say , but you ought not to go and worry him . '' `` Do n't preach .
I 'll XXXXX to Washington and see Brooke .
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