"That's a good idea," said Faith, struck by it. "But," she
added doubtfully, "things that don't seem a bit of harm to US
seem simply dreadful to other people. How can we tell? We can't
be bothering father all the time--and he has to be away a lot,
anyhow."

"You could mostly tell if you stopped to think a thing over
before doing it and ask yourselves what the congregation would
say about it," said Jem. "The trouble is you just rush into
things and don't think them over at all. Mother says you're all
too impulsive, just as she used to be. The Good-Conduct Club
would help you to think, if you were fair and honest about
punishing yourselves when you broke the rules. You'd have to
punish in some way that really HURT, or it wouldn't do any good."

"Whip each other?"

"Not exactly. You'd have to think up different ways of
punishment to suit the person. You wouldn't punish each
other--you'd punish YOURSELVES. I read all about such a club in
a story-book. You try it and see how it works."

"Let's," said Faith; and when Jem was gone they agreed they
would. "If things aren't right we've just got to make them
right," said Faith, resolutely.

"We've got to be fair and square, as Jem says," said Jerry.
"This is a club to bring ourselves up, seeing there's nobody else
to do it. There's no use in having many rules. Let's just have
one and any of us that breaks it has got to be punished hard."