"Hasn't tha' got any yet ?" She held her hands tighter and turned her eyes toward him.
"I don't know anything about boys," she said slowly.

"Could you keep a secret, if I told you one?
It's a great secret.

I don't know what I should do if any one found it out.

I believe I should die!" She said the last sentence quite fiercely.
Dickon looked more puzzled than ever and even rubbed his hand over his rough head again, but he answered quite good-humoredly.

"I'm keepin' secrets all th' time," he said.