`` It 's all right . Get up , and do n't be a goose , Jo , '' was the cavalier reply to her petition . `` Thank you , I will . Could I ask what 's the matter ? You do n't look exactly easy in your mind . '' `` I 've been shaken , and I wo n't bear it ! '' growled Laurie indignantly . `` Who did it ? '' demanded Jo . `` Grandfather . If it had been anyone else I 'd have ... '' And the injured youth finished his sentence by an energetic gesture of the right arm . `` That 's nothing . I often shake you , and you do n't mind , '' said Jo soothingly . `` Pooh ! You 're a girl , and it 's fun , but I 'll allow no man to shake me ! '' `` I do n't think anyone would care to try it , if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now . Why were you treated so ? '' `` Just because I would n't say what your mother wanted me for . I 'd promised not to tell , and of course I was n't going to break my word . '' `` Could n't you satisfy your grandpa in any other way ? ''
`` No , he would have the truth , the whole truth , and XXXXX but the truth .
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