He NEVER would at school, or anywhere.

Once in a while if a man gets so overbearing that Laddie simply can't stand it, he says: 'Now, you'll take your medicine!' Then he pulls off his coat, and carefully, choosing the right spots, he just pounds the breath out of that man, but he never stops smiling, and when he helps him up he always says: 'Sorry! hope you'll excuse me, but you WOULD have it.' That's what he said about you, that you had to take your medicine----" I made a mistake there.

That made her too mad for any use.
"Oh," she cried, "I do?
I'll jolly well show the gentleman!" "Oh, you needn't take the trouble," I cried.

"He's showing you!" She just blazed like she'd break into flame.

Any one could fuss with her all right; but that was the last thing on earth I wanted to do.
"You see he already knows about you," I explained as fast as I could talk, for I was getting into an awful mess.