I've tried to show it, but you wouldn't let me.
Now I'm going to make you hear, and give me an answer, for I can't go on so any longer." "I wanted to save you this.

I thought you'd understand..." began Jo, finding it a great deal harder than she expected.
"I know you did, but the girls are so queer you never know what they mean.

They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it," returned Laurie, entrenching himself behind an undeniable fact.
"I don't.

I never wanted to make you care for me so, and I went away to keep you from it if I could." "I thought so.

It was like you, but it was no use.