`` Thank you , I prefer spiders , '' she replied , fishing up two unwary little ones who had gone to a creamy death . `` How dare you remind me of that horrid dinner party , when yours is so nice in every way ? '' added Jo , as they both laughed and ate out of one plate , the china having run short . `` I had an uncommonly good time that day , and have n't got over it yet . This is no credit to me , you know , I do n't do anything . It 's you and Meg and Brooke who make it all go , and I 'm no end obliged to you . What shall we do when we ca n't eat anymore ? '' asked Laurie , feeling that his trump card had been played when lunch was over . `` Have games till it 's cooler . I brought Authors , and I dare say Miss Kate knows something new and nice . Go and ask her . She 's company , and you ought to stay with her more . '' `` Are n't you company too ? I thought she 'd suit Brooke , but he keeps talking to Meg , and Kate just stares at them through that ridiculous glass of hers . I 'm going , so you need n't try to preach propriety , for you ca n't do it , Jo . '' Miss Kate did know several new games , and as the girls would not , and the boys could not , eat any more , they all adjourned to the drawing room to play Rig-marole . `` One person begins a story , any nonsense you like , and tells as long as he pleases , only taking care to stop short at some exciting point , when the next takes it up and does the same . It 's very funny when well done , and makes a perfect jumble of tragical comical stuff to laugh over . Please start it , Mr. Brooke , '' said Kate , with a commanding air , which surprised Meg , who treated the tutor with as much respect as any other gentleman . Lying on the grass at the feet of the two young ladies , Mr. Brooke obediently began the story , with the handsome brown eyes steadily fixed upon the sunshiny river .
`` Once on a XXXXX , a knight went out into the world to seek his fortune , for he had nothing but his sword and his shield .
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