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`` I did the talking and let my knees knock together considerably . I told them that we 'd been too badly shaken up to think , but if they would let us alone that night we 'd try to learn to love them by morning . So they put us upstairs and warned us that every window was guarded ; then we lay down together and I began at the first chapter and pumped those chaps full of Eta Bita Pie all night . -LSB- Illustration : With our colors on and four particularly wicked-looking chair legs in our hands _ Page 167 _ -RSB- `` It was six o'clock when they finally pledged . When the gang came up they found us adamant . ` Never ! ' said I. ` We 'll pledge Alfalfa Delt or die martyrs to a holy cause ! '