`` Gloves are more important than anything else . You ca n't dance without them , and if you do n't I should be so mortified . '' `` Then I 'll stay still . I do n't care much for company dancing . It 's no fun to go sailing round . I like to fly about and cut capers . '' `` You ca n't ask Mother for new ones , they are so expensive , and you are so careless . She said when you spoiled the others that she should n't get you any more this winter . Ca n't you make them do ? '' `` I can hold them crumpled up in my hand , so no one will know how stained they are . That 's all I can do . No ! I 'll tell you how we can manage , each wear one good one and carry a bad one . Do n't you see ? '' `` Your hands are bigger than mine , and you will stretch my glove dreadfully , '' began Meg , whose gloves were a tender point with her . `` Then I 'll go without . I do n't care what people say ! '' cried Jo , taking up her book . `` You may have it , you may ! Only do n't stain it , and do behave nicely .
Do n't put your XXXXX behind you , or stare , or say ` Christopher Columbus ! '
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