Why , have you got into a scrape and want to know how he 'll take it ? '' asked Jo rather sharply . `` Now , Jo , do you think I 'd look your mother in the face and say ` All right ' , if it was n't ? '' and Laurie stopped short , with an injured air . `` No , I do n't . '' `` Then do n't go and be suspicious . I only want some money , '' said Laurie , walking on again , appeased by her hearty tone . `` You spend a great deal , Teddy . '' `` Bless you , I do n't spend it , it spends itself somehow , and is gone before I know it . '' `` You are so generous and kind-hearted that you let people borrow , and ca n't say ` No ' to anyone . We heard about Henshaw and all you did for him . If you always spent money in that way , no one would blame you , '' said Jo warmly . `` Oh , he made a mountain out of a molehill . You would n't have me let that fine fellow work himself to death just for want of a little help , when he is worth a dozen of us lazy chaps , would you ? '' `` Of course not , but I do n't see the use of your having seventeen waistcoats , endless neckties , and a new hat every time you come home . I thought you 'd got over the dandy period , but every now and then it breaks out in a new spot . Just now it 's the fashion to be hideous , to make your head look like a scrubbing brush , wear a strait jacket , orange gloves , and clumping square-toed boots . If it was cheap ugliness , I 'd say nothing , but it costs as much as the other , and I do n't get any satisfaction out of it . '' Laurie threw back his head , and laughed so heartily at this attack , that the felt hat fell off , and Jo walked on it , which insult only afforded him an opportunity for expatiating on the advantages of a rough-and-ready costume , as he folded up the maltreated hat , and stuffed it into his pocket . `` Do n't lecture any more , there 's a good soul !
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