`` It 's good advice , you 'd better take it and save your fingers , '' she said , thinking her speech amused him . `` Thank you , I will , '' he answered in jest , and a few months later he did it in earnest . `` Laurie , when are you going to your grandfather ? '' she asked presently , as she settled herself on a rustic seat . `` Very soon . '' `` You have said that a dozen times within the last three weeks . '' `` I dare say , short answers save trouble . '' `` He expects you , and you really ought to go . '' `` Hospitable creature ! I know it . '' `` Then why do n't you do it ? '' `` Natural depravity , I suppose . '' `` Natural indolence , you mean . It 's really dreadful ! '' and Amy looked severe . `` Not so bad as it seems , for I should only plague him if I went , so I might as well stay and plague you a little longer , you can bear it better , in fact I think it agrees with you excellently , '' and Laurie composed himself for a lounge on the broad ledge of the balustrade . Amy shook her head and opened her sketchbook with an air of resignation , but she had made up her mind to lecture ` that boy ' and in a minute she began again . `` What are you doing just now ? '' `` Watching lizards . '' `` No , no .
I XXXXX what do you intend and wish to do ? ''
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