hevolunteered
to
tell
his
father
that
all
was
right
.
'
I
am
not
afraid
of
not
keeping
my
place
,
'
he
said
;
'
you
were
quite
right
,
papa
.
I
am
more
up
to
my
work
than
I
was
ever
before
,
and
it
comes
to
me
quite
fresh
and
pleasant
.
I
do
n't
promise
to
get
the
Randall
scholarship
,
if
Forder
and
Cheviot
stay
on
,
but
I
can
quite
keep
up
to
the
mark
in
school
work
.
'
'
That
's
right
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
much
rejoiced
.
'
Are
you
sure
you
do
it
with
ease
,
and
without
its
haunting
you
at
night
?
'
'
Oh
,
yes
;
quite
sure
.
I
ca
n't
think
what
has
made
Dr.
Hoxton
set
us
on
in
such
easy
things
this
time
.
It
is
very
lucky
for
me
,
for
one
gets
so
much
less
time
to
oneself
as
dux
.
'
'
What
!
with
keeping
order
?
'
'
Aye
,
'
said
Norman
.
'
I
fancy
they
think
they
may
take
liberties
because
I
am
new
and
young
.
I
must
have
my
eye
in
all
corners
of
the
hall
at
once
,
and
do
my
own
work
by
snatches
,
as
I
can
.
'
'
Can
you
make
them
attend
to
you
?
'
'
Why
,
yes
,
pretty
well
,
when
it
comes
to
the
point
—
"
will
you
,
or
will
you
not
.
"
Cheviot
is
a
great
help
,
too
,
and
has
all
the
weight
of
being
the
eldest
fellow
amongst
us
.
'
'
But
still
you
find
it
harder
work
than
learning
?
You
had
rather
have
to
master
the
dead
language
than
the
live
tongues
?
'
'
A
pretty
deal
,
'
said
Norman
;
then
added
,
'
one
knows
what
to
be
at
with
the
dead
,
better
than
with
the
living
;
they
do
n't
make
parties
against
one
.
I
do
n't
wonder
at
it
.
It
was
very
hard
on
some
of
those
great
fellows
to
have
me
set
before
them
,
but
I
do
not
think
it
is
fair
to
visit
it
by
putting
up
the
little
boys
to
all
sorts
of
mischief
.
'
'
Shameful
!
'
said
the
doctor
,
warmly
;
'
but
never
mind
,
Norman
,
keep
your
temper
,
and
do
your
own
duty
,
and
you
are
man
enough
to
put
down
such
petty
spite
.
'
'
I
hope
I
shall
manage
rightly
,
'
said
Norman
;
'
but
I
shall
be
glad
if
I
can
get
the
Randall
and
get
away
to
Oxford
;
school
is
not
what
it
used
to
be
,
and
if
you
do
n't
think
me
too
young
—
'
'
No
,
I
do
n't
;
certainly
not
.
Trouble
has
made
a
man
of
you
,
Norman
,
and
you
are
fitter
to
be
with
men
than
boys
.
In
the
meantime
,
if
you
can
be
patient
with
these
fellows
,
you
'll
be
of
great
use
where
you
are
.
If
there
had
been
anyone
like
you
at
the
head
of
the
school
in
my
time
,
it
would
have
kept
me
out
of
no
end
of
scrapes
.
How
does
Tom
get
on
?
he
is
not
likely
to
fall
into
this
set
I
trust
.
'
'
I
am
not
sure
,
'
said
Norman
;
'
he
does
pretty
well
on
the
whole
.
Some
of
them
began
by
bullying
him
,
and
that
made
him
cling
to
Cheviot
and
Ernescliffe
,
and
the
better
party
;
but
lately
I
have
thought
Anderson
,
junior
,
rather
making
up
to
him
,
and
I
do
n't
know
whether
they
do
n't
think
that
tempting
him
over
to
them
,
would
be
the
surest
way
of
vexing
me
.
I
have
an
eye
over
him
,
and
I
hope
he
may
get
settled
into
the
steadier
sort
before
next
half
.
'
After
a
silence
,
Norman
said
;
'
papa
,
there
is
a
thing
I
ca
n't
settle
in
my
own
mind
.
Suppose
there
had
been
wrong
things
done
when
older
boys
,
and
excellent
ones
too
,
were
at
the
head
of
the
school
,
yet
they
never
interfered
,
do
you
think
I
ought
to
let
it
go
on
?
'
'
Certainly
not
,
or
why
is
power
given
to
you
?
'
'
So
I
thought
,
'
said
Norman
;
'
I
ca
n't
see
it
otherwise
.
I
wish
I
could
,
for
it
will
be
horrid
to
set
about
it
,
and
they
'll
think
it
a
regular
shame
in
me
to
meddle
.
—
O
!
I
know
what
I
came
into
the
study
for
;
I
want
you
to
be
so
kind
as
to
lend
me
your
pocket
Greek
Testament
.
I
gave
Harry
my
little
one
.
'
'
You
are
very
welcome
.
What
do
you
want
it
for
?
'
Norman
coloured
.
'
I
met
with
a
sermon
the
other
day
that
recommended
reading
a
bit
of
it
every
day
,
and
I
thought
I
should
like
to
try
,
now
the
Confirmation
is
coming
.
One
can
always
have
some
quiet
by
getting
away
into
the
cloister
.
'
'
Bless
you
,
my
boy
!
while
you
go
on
in
this
way
,
I
have
not
much
fear
but
that
you
'll
know
how
to
manage
.
'
Norman
's
rapid
progress
affected
another
of
the
household
in
an
unexpected
way
.
'
Margaret
,
my
dear
,
I
wish
to
speak
to
you
,
'
said
Miss
Winter
,
re-appearing
when
Margaret
thought
everyone
was
gone
out
walking
.
She
would
have
said
,
'
I
am
very
sorry
for
it
'
—
so
ominous
was
the
commencement
—
and
her
expectations
were
fulfilled
when
Miss
Winter
had
solemnly
seated
herself
,
and
taken
out
her
netting
.
'
I
wished
to
speak
to
you
about
deal
Ethel
,
'
said
the
governess
;
'
you
know
how
unwilling
I
always
am
to
make
any
complaint
,
but
I
cannot
be
satisfied
with
her
present
way
of
going
on
.
'
'
Indeed
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
I
am
much
grieved
to
hear
this
.
I
thought
she
had
been
taking
great
pains
to
improve
.
'
'
So
she
was
at
one
time
.
I
would
not
by
any
means
wish
to
deny
it
,
and
it
is
not
of
her
learning
that
I
speak
,
but
of
a
hurried
,
careless
way
of
doing
everything
,
and
an
irritability
at
being
interfered
with
.
'
Margaret
knew
how
Miss
Winter
often
tried
Ethel
's
temper
,
and
was
inclined
to
take
her
sister
's
part
.
'
Ethel
's
time
is
so
fully
occupied
,
'
she
said
.
'
That
is
the
very
thing
that
I
was
going
to
observe
,
my
dear
.
Her
time
is
too
much
occupied
,
and
my
conviction
is
,
that
it
is
hurtful
to
a
girl
of
her
age
.
'
This
was
a
new
idea
to
Margaret
,
who
was
silent
,
longing
to
prove
Miss
Winter
wrong
,
and
not
have
to
see
poor
Ethel
pained
by
having
to
relinquish
any
of
her
cherished
pursuits
.
'
You
see
there
is
that
Cocksmoor
,
'
said
Miss
Winter
.
'
You
do
not
know
how
far
off
it
is
,
my
dear
;
much
too
great
a
distance
for
a
young
girl
to
be
walking
continually
in
all
weathers
.
'
'
That
's
a
question
for
papa
,
'
thought
Margaret
.
'
Besides
,
'
continued
Miss
Winter
,
'
those
children
engross
almost
all
her
time
and
thoughts
.
She
is
working
for
them
,
preparing
lessons
,
running
after
them
continually
.
It
takes
off
her
whole
mind
from
her
proper
occupations
,
unsettles
her
,
and
I
do
think
it
is
beyond
what
befits
a
young
lady
of
her
age
.
'
Margaret
was
silent
.
'
In
addition
,
'
said
Miss
Winter
,
'
she
is
at
every
spare
moment
busy
with
Latin
and
Greek
,
and
I
cannot
think
that
to
keep
pace
with
a
boy
of
Norman
's
age
and
ability
can
be
desirable
for
her
.
'
'
It
is
a
great
deal
,
'
said
Margaret
,
'
but
—
'
'
I
am
convinced
that
she
does
more
than
is
right
,
'
continued
Miss
Winter
.
'
She
may
not
feel
any
ill
effects
at
present
,
but
you
may
depend
upon
it
,
it
will
tell
on
her
by-and-by
.
Besides
,
she
does
not
attend
to
anything
properly
.
At
one
time
she
was
improving
in
neatness
and
orderly
habits
.
Now
,
you
surely
must
have
seen
how
much
less
tidy
her
hair
and
dress
have
been
.
'
'
I
have
thought
her
hair
looking
rather
rough
,
'
said
Margaret
,
disconsolately
.
'
No
wonder
,
'
said
Miss
Winter
,
'
for
Flora
and
Mary
tell
me
she
hardly
spends
five
minutes
over
it
in
the
morning
,
and
with
a
book
before
her
the
whole
time
.
If
I
send
her
up
to
make
it
fit
to
be
seen
,
I
meet
with
looks
of
annoyance
.
She
leaves
her
books
in
all
parts
of
the
school-room
for
Marry
to
put
away
,
and
her
table
drawer
is
one
mass
of
confusion
.
Her
lessons
she
does
well
enough
,
I
own
,
though
what
I
should
call
much
too
fast
;
but
have
you
looked
at
her
work
lately
?
'
'
She
does
not
work
very
well
,
'
said
Margaret
,
who
was
at
that
moment
,
though
Miss
Winter
did
not
know
it
,
re-gathering
a
poor
child
's
frock
that
Ethel
had
gallopped
through
with
more
haste
than
good
speed
.
'
She
works
a
great
deal
worse
than
little
Blanche
,
'
said
Miss
Winter
,
'
and
though
it
may
not
be
the
fashion
to
say
so
in
these
days
,
I
consider
good
needlework
far
more
important
than
accomplishments
.
Well
,
then
,
Margaret
,
I
should
wish
you
only
just
to
look
at
her
writing
.
'
And
Miss
Winter
opened
a
French
exercise
book
,
certainly
containing
anything
but
elegant
specimens
of
penmanship
.
Ethel
's
best
writing
was
an
upright
,
disjointed
,
niggle
,
looking
more
like
Greek
than
anything
else
,
except
where
here
and
there
it
made
insane
efforts
to
become
running-hand
,
and
thereby
lost
its
sole
previous
good
quality
of
legibility
,
while
the
lines
waved
about
the
sheet
in
almost
any
direction
but
the
horizontal
.
The
necessity
she
believed
herself
under
of
doing
what
Harry
called
writing
with
the
end
of
her
nose
,
and
her
always
holding
her
pen
with
her
fingers
almost
in
the
ink
,
added
considerably
to
the
difficulty
of
the
performance
.
This
being
at
her
best
,
the
worst
may
be
supposed
to
be
indescribable
,
when
dashed
off
in
a
violent
hurry
,
and
considerably
garnished
with
blots
.
Margaret
thought
she
had
seen
the
worst
,
and
was
sighing
at
being
able
to
say
nothing
for
it
,
when
Miss
Winter
confounded
her
by
turning
a
leaf
,
and
showing
it
was
possible
to
make
a
still
wilder
combination
of
scramble
,
niggle
,
scratch
,
and
crookedness
—
and
this
was
supposed
to
be
an
amended
edition
!
Miss
Winter
explained
that
Ethel
had
,
in
an
extremely
short
time
,
performed
an
exercise
in
which
no
fault
could
be
detected
except
the
writing
,
which
was
pronounced
to
be
too
atrocious
to
be
shown
up
to
M
.
Ballompre
.
On
being
desired
to
write
it
over
again
,
she
had
obeyed
with
a
very
bad
grace
,
and
some
murmurs
about
Cocksmoor
,
and
produced
the
second
specimen
,
which
,
in
addition
to
other
defects
,
had
some
elisions
from
arrant
carelessness
,
depriving
it
of
its
predecessor
's
merits
of
being
good
French
.
Miss
Winter
had
been
so
provoked
,
that
she
believed
this
to
be
an
effect
of
ill
temper
,
and
declared
that
she
should
certainly
have
kept
Ethel
at
home
to
write
it
over
again
,
if
it
had
not
so
happened
that
Dr.
May
had
proposed
to
walk
part
of
the
way
with
her
and
Richard
,
and
the
governess
was
unwilling
to
bring
her
into
disgrace
with
him
.
Margaret
was
so
grateful
to
her
for
this
forbearance
,
that
it
disposed
her
to
listen
the
more
patiently
to
the
same
representations
put
in
,
what
Miss
Winter
fancied
,
different
forms
.
Margaret
was
much
perplexed
.
She
could
not
but
see
much
truth
in
what
Miss
Winter
said
,
and
yet
she
could
not
bear
to
thwart
Ethel
,
whom
she
admired
with
her
whole
heart
;
and
that
dry
experience
,
and
prejudiced
preciseness
,
did
not
seem
capable
of
entering
into
her
sister
's
thirst
for
learning
and
action
.
When
Miss
Winter
said
Ethel
would
grow
up
odd
,
eccentric
,
and
blue
,
Margaret
was
ready
to
answer
that
she
would
be
superior
to
everyone
;
and
when
the
governess
urged
her
to
insist
on
Cocksmoor
being
given
up
,
she
felt
impatient
of
that
utter
want
of
sympathy
for
the
good
work
.
All
that
evening
Margaret
longed
for
a
quiet
time
to
reflect
,
but
it
never
came
till
she
was
in
bed
;
and
when
she
had
made
up
her
mind
how
to
speak
to
Ethel
,
it
was
five
times
harder
to
secure
her
alone
.
Even
when
Margaret
had
her
in
the
room
by
herself
,
she
looked
wild
and
eager
,
and
said
she
could
not
stay
,
she
had
some
Thucydides
,
to
do
.
'
Wo
n't
you
stay
with
me
a
little
while
,
quietly
?
'
said
Margaret
;
'
we
hardly
ever
have
one
of
our
talks
.
'
'
I
did
n't
mean
to
vex
you
,
dear
Margaret
,
I
like
nothing
so
well
,
only
we
are
never
alone
,
and
I
've
no
time
.
'
'
Pray
do
spare
me
a
minute
,
Ethel
,
for
I
have
something
that
I
must
say
to
you
,
and
I
am
afraid
you
wo
n't
like
it
—
so
do
listen
kindly
.
'
'
Oh
!
'
said
Ethel
,
'
Miss
Winter
has
been
talking
to
you
.
I
know
she
said
she
would
tell
you
that
she
wants
me
to
give
up
Cocksmoor
.
You
are
n't
dreaming
of
it
,
Margaret
!
'
'
Indeed
,
dear
Ethel
,
I
should
be
very
sorry
,
but
one
thing
I
am
sure
of
,
that
there
is
something
amiss
in
your
way
of
going
on
.
'
'
Did
she
show
you
that
horrid
exercise
?
'
'
Yes
.
'
'
Well
,
I
know
it
was
baddish
writing
,
but
just
listen
,
Margaret
.
We
promised
six
of
the
children
to
print
them
each
a
verse
of
a
hymn
on
a
card
to
learn
.
Ritchie
did
three
,
and
then
could
not
go
on
,
for
the
book
,
that
the
others
were
in
,
was
lost
till
last
evening
,
and
then
he
was
writing
for
papa
.
So
I
thought
I
would
do
them
before
we
went
to
Cocksmoor
,
and
that
I
should
squeeze
time
out
of
the
morning
;
but
I
got
a
bit
of
Sophocles
that
was
so
horridly
hard
,
it
ate
up
all
my
time
,
and
I
do
n't
understand
it
properly
now
;
I
must
get
Norman
to
tell
me
.
And
that
ran
in
my
head
,
and
made
me
make
a
mistake
in
my
sum
,
and
have
to
begin
it
again
.
Then
,
just
as
I
thought
I
had
saved
time
over
the
exercise
,
comes
Miss
Winter
and
tells
me
I
must
do
it
over
again
,
and
scolds
me
,
besides
,
about
the
ink
on
my
fingers
.
She
would
send
me
up
at
once
to
get
it
off
,
and
I
could
not
find
murse
and
her
bottle
of
stuff
for
it
,
so
that
wasted
ever
so
much
more
time
,
and
I
was
so
vexed
that
,
really
and
truly
,
my
hand
shook
,
and
I
could
not
write
any
better
.
'
'
No
,
I
thought
it
looked
as
if
you
had
been
in
one
of
your
agonies
.
'
'
And
she
thought
I
did
it
on
purpose
,
and
that
made
me
angry
,
and
so
we
got
into
a
dispute
,
and
away
went
all
the
little
moment
I
might
have
had
,
and
I
was
forced
to
go
to
Cocksmoor
as
a
promise
breaker
!
'
'
Do
n't
you
think
you
had
better
have
taken
pains
at
first
?
'
'
Well
,
so
I
did
with
the
sense
,
but
I
had
n't
time
to
look
at
the
writing
much
.
'
'
You
would
have
made
better
speed
if
you
had
.
'
'
Oh
!
yes
,
I
know
I
was
wrong
,
but
it
is
a
great
plague
altogether
.
Really
,
Margaret
,
I
sha
n't
get
Thucydides
done
.
'
'
You
must
wait
a
little
longer
,
please
,
Ethel
,
for
I
want
to
say
to
you
that
I
am
afraid
you
are
doing
too
much
,
and
that
prevents
you
from
doing
things
well
,
as
you
were
trying
to
do
last
autumn
.
'
'
You
are
not
thinking
of
my
not
going
to
Cocksmoor
!
'
cried
Ethel
,
vehemently
.
'
I
want
you
to
consider
what
is
to
be
done
,
dear
Ethel
.
You
thought
,
last
autumn
,
a
great
deal
of
curing
your
careless
habits
,
now
you
seem
not
to
have
time
to
attend
.
You
can
do
a
great
deal
very
fast
,
I
know
,
but
is
n't
it
a
pity
to
be
always
in
a
hurry
?
'
'
It
is
n't
Cocksmoor
that
is
the
reason
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
No
:
you
did
pretty
well
when
you
began
,
but
you
know
that
was
in
the
holidays
,
when
you
had
no
Latin
and
Greek
to
do
.
'
'
O
but
,
Margaret
,
they
wo
n't
take
so
much
time
when
I
have
once
got
over
the
difficulties
,
and
see
my
way
,
but
just
now
they
have
put
Norman
into
such
a
frightfully
difficult
play
,
that
I
can
hardly
get
on
at
all
with
it
,
and
there
's
a
new
kind
of
Greek
verses
,
too
,
and
I
do
n't
make
out
from
the
book
how
to
manage
them
.
Norman
showed
me
on
Saturday
,
but
mine
wo
n't
be
right
.
When
I
've
got
over
that
,
I
sha
n't
be
so
hurried
.
'
'
But
Norman
will
go
on
to
something
harder
,
I
suppose
.
'
'
I
dare
say
I
shall
be
able
to
do
it
.
'
'
Perhaps
you
might
,
but
I
want
you
to
consider
if
you
are
not
working
beyond
what
can
be
good
for
anybody
.
You
see
Norman
is
much
cleverer
than
most
boys
,
and
you
are
a
year
younger
;
and
besides
doing
all
his
work
at
the
head
of
the
school
,
his
whole
business
of
the
day
,
you
have
Cocksmoor
to
attend
to
,
and
your
own
lessons
,
besides
reading
all
the
books
that
come
into
the
house
.
Now
is
n't
that
more
than
is
reasonable
to
expect
any
head
and
hands
to
do
properly
?
'
'
But
if
I
can
do
it
?
'
'
But
can
you
,
dear
Ethel
?
Are
n't
you
always
racing
from
one
thing
to
another
,
doing
them
by
halves
,
feeling
haunted
,
and
then
growing
vexed
?
'
'
I
know
I
have
been
cross
lately
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
but
it
's
the
being
so
bothered
.
'
'
And
why
are
you
bothered
?
Is
n't
it
that
you
undertake
too
much
?
'
'
What
would
you
have
me
do
?
'
said
Ethel
,
in
an
injured
,
unconvinced
voice
.
'
Not
give
up
my
children
?
'
'
No
,
'
said
Margaret
;
'
but
do
n't
think
me
very
unkind
if
I
say
,
suppose
you
left
off
trying
to
keep
up
with
Norman
.
'
'
Oh
!
Margaret
!
Margaret
!
'
and
her
eyes
filled
with
tears
.
'
We
have
hardly
missed
doing
the
same
every
day
since
the
first
Latin
grammar
was
put
into
his
hands
!
'
'
I
know
it
would
be
very
hard
,
'
said
Margaret
,
but
Ethel
continued
,
in
a
piteous
tone
,
a
little
sentimental
:
'
From
hic
hæc
hoc
up
to
Alcaics
and
beta
Thukididou
we
have
gone
on
together
,
and
I
ca
n't
bear
to
give
it
up
.
I
'm
sure
I
can
—
'
'
Stop
,
Ethel
,
I
really
doubt
whether
you
can
.
Do
you
know
that
Norman
was
telling
papa
,
the
other
day
,
that
it
was
very
odd
Dr.
Hoxton
gave
them
such
easy
lessons
.
'
Ethel
looked
very
much
mortified
.
'
You
see
,
'
said
Margaret
,
kindly
,
'
we
all
know
that
men
have
more
power
than
women
,
and
I
suppose
the
time
has
come
for
Norman
to
pass
beyond
you
.
He
would
not
be
cleverer
than
anyone
,
if
he
could
not
do
more
than
a
girl
at
home
.
'
'
He
has
so
much
more
time
for
it
,
'
said
Ethel
.
'
That
's
the
very
thing
.
Now
consider
,
Ethel
.
His
work
,
after
he
goes
to
Oxford
,
will
be
doing
his
very
utmost
—
and
you
know
what
an
utmost
that
is
.
If
you
could
keep
up
with
him
at
all
,
you
must
give
your
whole
time
and
thoughts
to
it
,
and
when
you
had
done
so
—
if
you
could
get
all
the
honours
in
the
University
—
what
would
it
come
to
?
You
ca
n't
take
a
first-class
.
'
'
I
do
n't
want
one
,
'
said
Ethel
;
'
I
only
ca
n't
bear
not
to
do
as
Norman
does
,
and
I
like
Greek
so
much
.
'
'
And
for
that
would
you
give
up
being
a
useful
,
steady
daughter
and
sister
at
home
?
The
sort
of
woman
that
dear
mamma
wished
to
make
you
,
and
a
comfort
to
papa
.
'
Ethel
was
silent
,
and
large
tears
were
gathering
.
'
You
own
,
that
that
is
the
first
thing
?
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Ethel
,
faintly
.
'
And
that
it
is
what
you
fail
in
most
?
'
'
Yes
.
'
'
Then
,
Ethel
dearest
,
when
you
made
up
your
mind
to
Cocksmoor
,
you
knew
those
things
could
not
be
done
without
a
sacrifice
?
'
'
Yes
,
but
I
did
n't
think
it
would
be
this
.
'
Margaret
was
wise
enough
not
to
press
her
,
and
she
sat
down
and
sighed
pitifully
.
Presently
she
said
,
'
Margaret
,
if
you
would
only
let
me
leave
off
that
stupid
old
French
,
and
horrid
dull
reading
with
Miss
Winter
,
I
should
have
plenty
of
time
for
everything
;
and
what
does
one
learn
by
hearing
Mary
read
poetry
,
she
ca
n't
understand
?
'
'
You
work
,
do
n't
you
?
But
indeed
,
Ethel
,
do
n't
say
that
I
can
let
you
leave
off
anything
.
I
do
n't
feel
as
if
I
had
that
authority
.
If
it
be
done
at
all
,
it
must
be
by
papa
's
consent
,
and
if
you
wish
me
to
ask
him
about
it
,
I
will
,
only
I
think
it
would
vex
Miss
Winter
;
and
I
do
n't
think
dear
mamma
would
have
liked
Greek
and
Cocksmoor
to
swallow
up
all
the
little
common
lady-like
things
.
'
Ethel
made
two
or
three
great
gulps
:
'
Margaret
,
must
I
give
up
everything
,
and
forget
all
my
Latin
and
Greek
?
'
'
I
should
think
that
would
be
a
great
pity
,
'
said
Margaret
.
'
If
you
were
to
give
up
the
verse-making
,
and
the
trying
to
do
as
much
as
Norman
,
and
fix
some
time
in
the
day
—
half-an-hour
,
perhaps
,
for
your
Greek
—
I
think
it
might
do
very
well
.
'
'
Thank
you
,
'
said
Ethel
,
much
relieved
;
'
I
'm
glad
you
do
n't
want
me
to
leave
it
all
off
.
I
hope
Norman
wo
n't
be
vexed
,
'
she
added
,
looking
a
little
melancholy
.
But
Norman
had
not
by
any
means
the
sort
of
sentiment
on
the
subject
that
she
had
:
'
Of
course
,
you
know
,
Ethel
,
'
said
he
,
'
it
must
have
come
to
this
some
time
or
other
,
and
if
you
find
those
verses
too
hard
,
and
that
they
take
up
too
much
of
your
time
,
you
had
better
give
them
up
.
'
Ethel
did
not
like
anything
to
be
said
to
be
too
hard
for
her
,
and
was
very
near
pleading
she
only
wanted
time
,
but
some
recollection
came
across
her
,
and
presently
she
said
,
'
I
suppose
it
is
a
wrong
sort
of
ambition
to
want
to
learn
more
,
in
one
's
own
way
,
when
one
is
told
it
is
not
good
for
one
.
I
was
just
going
to
say
I
hated
being
a
woman
,
and
having
these
tiresome
little
trifles
—
my
duty
—
instead
of
learning
,
which
is
yours
,
Norman
.
'
'
I
'm
glad
you
did
not
,
'
said
Norman
,
'
for
it
would
have
been
very
silly
of
you
;
and
I
assure
you
,
Ethel
,
it
is
really
time
for
you
to
stop
,
or
you
would
get
into
a
regular
learned
lady
,
and
be
good
for
nothing
.
I
do
n't
mean
that
knowing
more
than
other
people
would
make
you
so
,
but
minding
nothing
else
would
.
'
This
argument
from
Norman
himself
,
did
much
to
reconcile
Ethel
's
mind
to
the
sacrifice
she
had
made
;
and
when
she
went
to
bed
,
she
tried
to
work
out
the
question
in
her
own
mind
,
whether
her
eagerness
for
classical
learning
was
a
wrong
sort
of
ambition
,
to
know
what
other
girls
did
not
,
and
whether
it
was
right
to
crave
for
more
knowledge
than
was
thought
advisable
for
her
.
She
only
bewildered
herself
,
and
went
to
sleep
before
she
had
settled
anything
,
but
that
she
knew
she
must
make
all
give
way
to
papa
first
,
and
,
secondly
,
to
Cocksmoor
.
Meanwhile
Margaret
had
told
her
father
what
had
passed
.
He
was
only
surprised
to
hear
that
Ethel
had
kept
up
so
long
with
Norman
,
and
thought
that
it
was
quite
right
that
she
should
not
undertake
so
much
,
agreeing
more
entirely
than
Margaret
had
expected
with
Miss
Winter
's
view
,
that
it
would
be
hurtful
to
body
as
well
as
mind
.
'
It
is
perfectly
ridiculous
to
think
of
her
attempting
it
!
'
he
said
.
'
I
am
glad
you
have
put
a
stop
to
it
.
'
'
I
am
glad
I
have
,
'
said
Margaret
;
'
and
dear
Ethel
behaved
so
very
well
.
If
she
had
resisted
,
it
would
have
puzzled
me
very
much
,
I
must
have
asked
you
to
settle
it
.
But
it
is
very
odd
,
papa
,
Ethel
is
the
one
of
them
all
who
treats
me
most
as
if
I
had
real
authority
over
her
;
she
lets
me
scold
her
,
asks
my
leave
,
never
seems
to
recollect
for
a
moment
how
little
older
I
am
,
and
how
much
cleverer
she
is
.
I
am
sure
I
never
should
have
submitted
so
readily
.
And
that
always
makes
it
more
difficult
to
me
to
direct
her
;
I
do
n't
like
to
take
upon
me
with
her
,
because
it
seems
wrong
to
have
her
obeying
me
,
as
if
she
were
a
mere
child
.
'
'
She
is
a
fine
creature
,
'
said
Dr.
May
,
emphatically
.
'
It
just
shows
the
fact
,
the
higher
the
mind
,
the
readier
the
submission
.
But
you
do
n't
mean
that
you
have
any
difficulty
with
the
others
?
'
'
O
no
,
no.
Flora
never
could
need
any
interference
,
especially
from
me
,
and
Mary
is
a
thorough
good
girl
.
I
only
meant
that
Ethel
lays
herself
out
to
be
ruled
in
quite
a
remarkable
way
.
I
am
sure
,
though
she
does
love
learning
,
her
real
love
is
for
goodness
,
and
for
you
,
papa
.
'
Ethel
would
have
thought
her
sacrifice
well
paid
for
,
had
she
seen
her
father
's
look
of
mournful
pleasure
.
CHAPTER
XIX
.
'
O
ruthful
scene
!
when
from
a
nook
obscure
,
His
little
sister
doth
his
peril
see
,
All
playful
as
she
sate
,
she
grows
demure
,
She
finds
full
soon
her
wonted
spirits
flee
,
She
meditates
a
prayer
to
set
him
free
.
'
Shenstone
.
The
setting
sun
shone
into
the
great
west
window
of
the
school
at
Stoneborough
,
on
its
bare
walls
,
the
master
's
desks
,
the
forms
polished
with
use
,
and
the
square
,
inky
,
hacked
and
hewed
chests
,
carved
with
the
names
of
many
generations
of
boys
.
About
six
or
eight
little
boys
were
clearing
away
the
books
or
papers
that
they
,
or
those
who
owned
them
as
fags
,
had
left
astray
,
and
a
good
deal
of
talk
and
laughing
was
going
on
among
them
.
'
Ha
!
'
exclaimed
one
,
'
here
has
Harrison
left
his
book
behind
him
that
he
was
showing
us
the
gladiators
in
!
'
and
,
standing
by
the
third
master
's
desk
,
he
turned
over
a
page
or
two
of
Smith
's
Antiquities
,
exclaiming
,
'
It
is
full
of
pictures
—
here
's
an
old
man
blowing
the
bellows
—
'
'
Let
me
see
!
'
cried
Tom
May
,
precipitating
himself
across
the
benches
and
over
the
desk
,
with
so
little
caution
,
that
there
was
an
outcry
;
and
,
to
his
horror
,
he
beheld
the
ink
spilled
over
Mr.
Harrison
's
book
,
while
'
There
,
August
!
you
've
been
and
done
it
!
'
'
You
'll
catch
it
!
'
resounded
on
all
sides
.
'
What
good
will
staring
with
your
mouth
open
do
!
'
exclaimed
Edward
Anderson
,
the
eldest
present
.
'
Here
!
a
bit
of
blotting
paper
this
moment
!
'
Tom
,
dreadfully
frightened
,
handed
a
sheet
torn
from
an
old
paper-case
that
he
had
inherited
from
Harry
,
saying
despairingly
,
'
It
wo
n't
take
it
out
,
will
it
?
'
'
No
,
little
stupid
head
,
but
do
n't
you
see
,
I
'm
stopping
it
from
running
down
the
edges
,
or
soaking
in
.
He
wo
n't
be
the
wiser
till
he
opens
it
again
at
that
place
.
'
'
When
he
does
,
he
will
,
'
said
the
bewildered
Tom
.
'
Let
him
.
It
wo
n't
tell
tales
.
'
'
He
's
coming
!
'
cried
another
boy
,
'
he
is
close
at
the
door
.
'
Anderson
hastily
shut
the
book
over
the
blotting-paper
,
which
he
did
not
venture
to
retain
in
his
hand
,
dragged
Tom
down
from
the
desk
,
and
was
apparently
entirely
occupied
with
arranging
his
own
box
,
when
Mr.
Harrison
came
in
.
Tom
crouched
behind
the
raised
lid
,
quaking
in
every
limb
,
conscious
he
ought
to
confess
,
but
destitute
of
resolution
to
do
so
,
and
,
in
a
perfect
agony
as
the
master
went
to
his
desk
,
took
up
the
book
,
and
carried
it
away
,
so
unconscious
,
that
Larkins
,
a
great
wag
,
only
waited
till
his
back
was
turned
,
to
exclaim
,
'
Ha
!
old
fellow
,
you
do
n't
know
what
you
've
got
there
!
'
'
Hollo
!
May
junior
,
will
you
never
leave
off
staring
?
'
you
wo
n't
see
a
bit
further
for
it
,
'
said
Edward
Anderson
,
shaking
him
by
the
ear
;
'
come
to
your
senses
,
and
know
your
friends
.
'
'
He
'll
open
it
!
'
gasped
Tom
.
'
So
he
will
,
but
I
'd
bet
ninety
to
one
,
it
is
not
at
that
page
,
or
if
he
does
,
it
wo
n't
tell
tales
,
unless
,
indeed
,
he
happened
to
see
you
standing
there
,
crouching
and
shaking
.
That
's
the
right
way
to
bring
him
upon
you
.
'
'
But
suppose
he
opens
it
,
and
knows
who
was
in
school
?
'
'
What
then
?
D'ye
think
we
ca
n't
stand
by
each
other
,
and
keep
our
own
counsel
?
'
'
But
the
blotting-paper
—
suppose
he
knows
that
!
'
There
was
a
laugh
all
round
at
this
,
'
as
if
Harrison
knew
everyone
's
blotting-paper
!
'
'
Yes
,
but
Harry
used
to
write
his
name
all
over
his
—
see
—
and
draw
union-jacks
on
it
.
'
'
If
he
did
,
the
date
is
not
there
.
Do
you
think
the
ink
is
going
to
say
March
2nd
?
Why
should
not
July
have
done
it
last
half
?
'
'
July
would
have
told
if
he
had
,
'
said
Larkins
.
'
That
's
no
go
.
'
'
Aye
!
That
's
the
way
—
the
Mays
are
all
like
girls
—
ca
n't
keep
a
secret
—
not
one
of
them
.
There
,
I
've
done
more
for
you
than
ever
one
of
them
would
have
done
—
own
it
—
and
he
strode
up
to
Tom
,
and
grasped
his
wrists
,
to
force
the
confession
from
him
.
'
'
But
—
but
he
'll
ask
when
he
finds
it
out
—
'
'
Let
him
.
We
know
nothing
about
it
.
Do
n't
be
coming
the
good
boy
over
me
like
your
brothers
.
That
wo
n't
do
—
I
know
whose
eyes
are
not
too
short-sighted
to
read
upside
down
.
'
Tom
shrank
and
looked
abject
,
clinging
to
the
hope
that
Mr.
Harrison
would
not
open
the
book
for
weeks
,
months
,
or
years
.
But
the
next
morning
,
his
heart
died
within
him
,
when
he
beheld
the
unfortunate
piece
of
blotting-paper
,
displayed
by
Mr.
Harrison
,
with
the
inquiry
whether
anyone
knew
to
whom
it
belonged
,
and
what
made
it
worse
was
,
that
his
sight
would
not
reach
far
enough
to
assure
him
whether
Harry
's
name
was
on
it
,
and
he
dreaded
that
Norman
or
Hector
Ernescliffe
should
recognise
the
nautical
designs
.
However
,
both
let
it
pass
,
and
no
one
through
the
whole
school
attempted
to
identify
it
.
One
danger
was
past
,
but
the
next
minute
Mr.
Harrison
opened
his
Smith
's
Antiquities
at
the
page
where
stood
the
black
witness
.
Tom
gazed
round
in
despair
,
he
could
not
see
his
brother
's
face
,
but
Edward
Anderson
,
from
the
second
form
,
returned
him
a
glance
of
contemptuous
encouragement
.
'
This
book
,
'
said
Mr.
Harrison
,
'
was
left
in
school
for
a
quarter
of
an
hour
yesterday
.
When
I
opened
it
again
,
it
was
in
this
condition
.
Do
any
of
you
know
how
it
happened
?
'
A
silence
,
and
he
continued
,
'
Who
was
in
school
at
the
time
?
Anderson
,
junior
,
can
you
tell
me
anything
of
it
?
'
'
No
,
Sir
.
'
'
You
know
nothing
of
it
?
'
'
No
,
Sir
.
'
Cold
chills
crept
over
Tom
,
as
Mr.
Harrison
looked
round
to
refresh
his
memory
.
'
Larkins
,
do
you
know
how
this
happened
?
'
'
No
,
Sir
,
'
said
Larkins
,
boldly
,
satisfying
his
conscience
because
he
had
not
seen
the
manner
of
the
overthrow
.
'
Ernescliffe
,
were
you
there
?
'
'
No
,
Sir
.
'
Tom
's
timid
heart
fluttered
in
dim
hope
that
he
had
been
overlooked
,
as
Mr.
Harrison
paused
,
then
said
,
'
Remember
,
it
is
concealment
that
is
the
evil
,
not
the
damage
to
the
book
.
I
shall
have
a
good
opinion
ever
after
of
a
boy
honest
enough
to
confess
.
May
junior
,
I
saw
you
,
'
he
added
,
hopefully
and
kindly
.
'
Do
n't
be
afraid
to
speak
out
,
if
you
did
meet
with
a
mischance
.
'
Tom
coloured
and
turned
pale
.
Anderson
and
Larkins
grimaced
at
him
,
to
remind
him
that
they
had
told
untruths
for
his
sake
,
and
that
he
must
not
betray
them
.
It
was
the
justification
he
wanted
;
he
was
relieved
to
fancy
himself
obliged
to
tell
the
direct
faslehood
,
for
which
a
long
course
of
petty
acted
deceits
had
paved
the
way
,
for
he
was
in
deadly
terror
of
the
effects
of
truth
.
'
No
,
Sir
.
'
He
could
hardly
believe
he
had
said
the
words
,
or
that
they
would
be
so
readily
accepted
,
for
Mr.
Harrison
had
only
the
impression
that
he
knew
who
the
guilty
person
was
,
and
would
not
tell
,
and
,
therefore
,
put
no
more
questions
to
him
,
but
,
after
a
few
more
vain
inquiries
,
was
baffled
,
and
gave
up
the
investigation
.
Tom
thought
he
should
have
been
very
unhappy
;
he
had
always
heard
that
deceit
was
a
heavy
burthen
,
and
would
give
continual
stings
,
but
he
was
surprised
to
find
himself
very
comfortable
on
the
whole
,
and
able
to
dismiss
repentance
as
well
as
terror
.
His
many
underhand
ways
with
Richard
had
taken
away
the
tenderness
of
his
conscience
,
though
his
knowledge
of
what
was
right
was
clear
;
and
he
was
quite
ready
to
accept
the
feeling
prevalent
at
Stoneborough
,
that
truth
was
not
made
for
school-boys
.
The
axiom
was
prevalent
,
but
not
universal
,
and
parties
were
running
high
.
Norman
May
,
who
,
as
head
boy
,
had
,
in
play-hours
,
the
responsibility
,
and
almost
the
authority
of
a
master
,
had
taken
higher
ground
than
was
usual
even
with
the
well-disposed
;
and
felt
it
his
duty
to
check
abuses
and
malpractices
that
his
predecessors
had
allowed
.
His
friend
,
Cheviot
,
and
the
right-minded
set
,
maintained
his
authority
with
all
their
might
;
but
Harvey
Anderson
regarded
his
interference
as
vexatious
,
always
took
the
part
of
the
offenders
,
and
opposed
him
in
every
possible
way
,
thus
gathering
as
his
adherents
not
only
the
idle
and
mischievous
,
but
the
weak
and
mediocre
,
and
,
among
this
set
,
there
was
a
positive
bitterness
of
feeling
to
May
,
and
all
whom
they
considered
as
belonging
to
him
.
In
shielding
Tom
May
and
leading
him
to
deceive
,
the
younger
Anderson
had
gained
a
conquest
—
in
him
the
Mays
had
fallen
from
that
pinnacle
of
truth
which
was
a
standing
reproach
to
the
average
Stoneborough
code
—
and
,
from
that
time
,
he
was
under
the
especial
patronage
of
his
friend
.
He
was
taught
the
most
ingenious
arts
of
saying
a
lesson
without
learning
it
,
and
of
showing
up
other
people
's
tasks
;
whispers
and
signs
were
directed
to
him
to
help
him
out
of
difficulties
,
and
he
was
sought
out
and
put
forward
whenever
a
forbidden
pleasure
was
to
be
enjoyed
by
stealth
.
These
were
his
stimulants
under
a
heavy
bondage
;
he
was
teased
and
frightened
,
bullied
and
tormented
,
whenever
it
was
the
fancy
of
Ned
Anderson
and
his
associates
to
make
his
timidity
their
sport
;
he
was
scorned
and
ill-treated
,
and
driven
,
by
bodily
terror
,
into
acts
alarming
to
his
conscience
,
dangerous
in
their
consequence
,
and
painful
in
the
perpetration
;
and
yet
,
among
all
his
sufferings
,
the
little
coward
dreaded
nothing
so
much
as
truth
,
though
it
would
have
set
him
free
at
once
from
this
wretched
tyranny
.
Excepting
on
holidays
,
and
at
hours
when
the
town-boys
were
allowed
to
go
home
,
there
were
strict
rules
confining
all
except
the
sixth
form
to
their
bounds
,
consisting
of
two
large
courts
,
and
an
extensive
field
bordered
by
the
river
and
the
road
.
On
the
opposite
side
of
the
bridge
was
a
turnpike
gate
,
where
the
keeper
exposed
stalls
of
various
eatables
,
very
popular
among
the
boys
,
chiefly
because
they
were
not
allowed
to
deal
there
.
Ginger-beer
could
also
be
procured
,
and
there
were
suspicions
,
that
the
bottles
so
called
,
contained
something
contraband
.
'
August
,
'
said
Norman
,
as
they
were
coming
home
from
school
one
evening
,
'
did
I
see
you
coming
over
the
bridge
?
'
Tom
would
not
answer
.
'
So
you
have
been
at
Ballhatchet
's
gate
?
I
ca
n't
think
what
could
take
you
there
.
If
you
want
tarts
,
I
am
sure
poor
old
Betty
's
are
just
as
good
.
What
made
you
go
there
?
'
'
Nothing
,
'
said
Tom
.
'
Well
,
mind
you
do
n't
do
it
again
,
or
I
shall
have
to
take
you
in
hand
,
which
I
shall
be
very
sorry
to
do
.
That
man
is
a
regular
bad
character
,
and
neither
my
father
nor
Dr.
Hoxton
would
have
one
of
us
have
anything
to
do
with
him
,
as
you
know
.
'
Tom
was
in
hopes
it
was
over
,
but
Norman
went
on
.
'
I
am
afraid
you
are
getting
into
a
bad
way
.
Why
wo
n't
you
mind
what
I
have
told
you
plenty
of
times
before
,
that
no
good
comes
of
going
after
Ned
Anderson
,
and
Axworthy
,
and
that
set
.
What
were
you
doing
with
them
to-day
?
'
but
,
receiving
no
answer
,
he
went
on
.
'
You
always
sulk
when
I
speak
to
you
.
I
suppose
you
think
I
have
no
right
to
row
you
,
but
I
do
it
to
save
you
from
worse
.
You
ca
n't
never
be
found
out
.
'
This
startled
Tom
,
but
Norman
had
no
suspicion
.
'
If
you
go
on
,
you
will
get
into
some
awful
scrape
,
and
papa
will
be
grieved
.
I
would
not
,
for
all
the
world
,
have
him
put
out
of
heart
about
you
.
Think
of
him
,
Tom
,
and
try
to
keep
straight
.
'
Tom
would
say
nothing
,
only
reflecting
that
his
elder
brother
was
harder
upon
him
than
anyone
else
would
be
,
and
Norman
grew
warmer
.
'
If
you
let
Anderson
junior
get
hold
of
you
,
and
teach
you
his
tricks
,
you
'll
never
be
good
for
anything
.
He
seems
good-natured
now
,
but
he
will
turn
against
you
,
as
he
did
with
Harry
.
I
know
how
it
is
,
and
you
had
better
take
my
word
,
and
trust
to
me
and
straight-forwardness
,
when
you
get
into
a
mess
.
'
'
I
'm
in
no
scrape
,
'
said
Tom
,
so
doggedly
,
that
Norman
lost
patience
,
and
spoke
with
more
displeasure
.
'
You
will
be
then
,
if
you
go
out
of
bounds
,
and
run
Anderson
's
errands
,
and
shirk
work
.
You
'd
better
take
care
.
It
is
my
place
to
keep
order
,
and
I
ca
n't
let
you
off
for
being
my
brother
;
so
remember
,
if
I
catch
you
going
to
Ballhatchet
's
again
,
you
may
make
sure
of
a
licking
.
'
So
the
warning
closed
—
Tom
more
alarmed
at
the
aspect
of
right
,
which
he
fancied
terrific
,
and
Norman
with
some
compunction
at
having
lost
temper
and
threatened
,
when
he
meant
to
have
gained
him
by
kindness
.
Norman
recollected
his
threat
with
a
qualm
of
dismay
when
,
at
the
end
of
the
week
,
as
he
was
returning
from
a
walk
with
Cheviot
,
Tom
darted
out
of
the
gate-house
.
He
was
flying
across
the
bridge
,
with
something
under
his
arm
,
when
Norman
laid
a
detaining
hand
on
his
collar
,
making
a
sign
at
the
same
time
to
Cheviot
to
leave
them
.
'
What
are
you
doing
here
?
'
said
Norman
,
sternly
,
marching
Tom
into
the
field
.
'
So
you
've
been
there
again
.
What
's
that
under
your
jacket
?
'
'
Only
—
only
what
I
was
sent
for
,
'
and
he
tried
to
squeeze
it
under
the
flap
.
'
What
is
it
?
a
bottle
—
'
'
Only
—
only
a
bottle
of
ink
.
'
Norman
seized
it
,
and
gave
Tom
a
fierce
angry
shake
,
but
the
indignation
was
mixed
with
sorrow
.
'
O
Tom
,
Tom
,
these
fellows
have
brought
you
a
pretty
pass
.
Who
would
have
thought
of
such
a
thing
from
us
!
'
Tom
cowered
,
but
felt
only
terror
.
'
Speak
truth
,
'
said
Norman
,
ready
to
shake
it
out
of
him
;
'
is
this
for
Anderson
junior
?
'
Under
those
eyes
flashing
with
generous
,
sorrowful
wrath
,
he
dared
not
utter
another
falsehood
,
but
Anderson
's
threats
chained
him
,
and
he
preferred
his
thraldom
to
throwing
himself
on
the
mercy
of
his
brother
who
loved
him
.
He
would
not
speak
.
'
I
am
glad
it
is
not
for
yourself
,
'
said
Norman
;
'
but
do
you
remember
what
I
said
,
in
case
I
found
you
there
again
.
'
'
Oh
!
do
n't
,
do
n't
!
'
cried
the
boy
.
'
I
would
never
have
gone
if
they
had
not
made
me
.
'
'
Made
you
?
'
said
Norman
,
disdainfully
,
'
how
?
'
'
They
would
have
thrashed
me
—
they
pinched
my
fingers
in
the
box
—
they
pulled
my
ears
—
Oh
,
do
n't
—
'
'
Poor
little
fellow
!
'
said
Norman
;
'
but
it
is
your
own
fault
.
If
you
wo
n't
keep
with
me
,
or
Ernescliffe
,
of
course
they
will
bully
you
.
But
I
must
not
let
you
off
—
I
must
keep
my
word
!
'
Tom
cried
,
sobbed
,
and
implored
in
vain
.
'
I
ca
n't
help
it
,
'
he
said
,
'
and
now
,
do
n't
how
!
I
had
rather
no
one
knew
it
.
It
will
soon
be
over
.
I
never
thought
to
have
this
to
do
to
one
of
us
.
'
Tom
roared
and
struggled
,
till
,
releasing
him
,
he
said
,
'
There
,
that
will
do
.
Stop
bellowing
,
I
was
obliged
,
and
I
ca
n't
have
hurt
you
much
,
have
I
?
'
he
added
more
kindly
,
while
Tom
went
on
crying
,
and
turning
from
him
.
'
It
is
nothing
to
care
about
,
I
am
sure
,
look
up
;
'
and
he
pulled
down
his
hands
.
'
Say
you
are
sorry
—
speak
the
truth
—
keep
with
me
,
and
no
one
shall
hurt
you
again
.
'
Very
different
this
from
Tom
's
chosen
associates
;
but
he
was
still
obdurate
,
sullen
,
and
angry
,
and
would
not
speak
,
nor
open
his
heart
to
those
kind
words
.
After
one
more
,
'
I
could
not
help
it
,
Tom
,
you
've
no
business
to
be
sulky
,
'
Norman
took
up
the
bottle
,
opened
it
,
smelt
,
and
tasted
,
and
was
about
to
throw
it
into
the
river
,
when
Tom
exclaimed
,
'
O
do
n't
,
do
n't
!
what
will
they
do
to
me
?
give
it
to
me
!
'
'
Did
they
give
you
the
money
to
pay
for
it
?
'
'
Yes
,
let
me
have
it
.
'
'
How
much
was
it
?
'
'
Fourpence
.
'
'
I
'll
settle
that
,
'
and
the
bottle
splashed
in
the
river
.
'
Now
then
,
Tom
,
do
n't
brood
on
it
any
more
.
Here
's
a
chance
for
you
of
getting
quit
of
their
errands
.
If
you
will
keep
in
my
sight
,
I
'll
take
care
no
one
bullies
you
,
and
you
may
still
leave
off
these
disgraceful
tricks
,
and
do
well
.
'
But
Tom
's
evil
spirit
whispered
that
Norman
had
beaten
him
,
that
he
should
never
have
any
diversion
again
,
and
that
Anderson
would
punish
him
;
and
there
was
a
sort
of
satisfaction
in
seeing
that
his
perverse
silence
really
distressed
his
brother
.
'
If
you
will
go
on
in
this
way
,
I
ca
n't
help
it
,
but
you
'll
be
sorry
some
day
,
'
said
Norman
,
and
he
walked
thoughtfully
on
,
looking
back
to
see
whether
Tom
were
following
,
as
he
did
slowly
,
meditating
on
the
way
,
how
he
should
avert
his
tyrant
's
displeasure
.
Norman
stood
for
a
moment
at
the
door
,
surveying
the
court
,
then
walked
up
to
a
party
of
boys
,
and
laid
his
hand
on
the
shoulder
of
one
,
holding
a
silver
fourpence
to
him
.
'
Anderson
junior
,
'
said
he
,
'
there
's
your
money
.
I
am
not
going
to
let
Stoneborough
school
be
turned
into
a
gin
palace
.
I
give
you
notice
,
it
is
not
to
be
.
Now
,
you
are
not
to
bully
May
junior
,
for
telling
me
.
He
did
not
,
I
found
him
out
.
'
Leaving
Anderson
to
himself
he
looked
for
Tom
,
but
not
seeing
him
,
he
entered
the
Cloister
,
for
it
was
the
hour
when
he
was
used
to
read
there
,
but
he
could
not
fix
his
mind
.
He
went
to
the
bench
where
he
had
lain
,
on
the
examination-day
,
and
kneeling
on
it
,
looked
out
on
the
green
grass
where
the
graves
were
.
'
Mother
!
Mother
!
'
he
murmured
,
'
have
I
been
harsh
to
your
poor
little
tender
sickly
boy
?
'
I
could
n't
help
it
.
Oh
!
if
you
were
but
here
!
We
are
all
going
wrong
!
What
shall
I
do
?
How
should
Tom
be
kept
from
this
evil
?
—
it
is
ruining
him
!
mean
,
false
,
cowardly
,
sullen
—
all
that
is
worst
—
and
your
son
—
Oh
!
Mother
!
and
all
I
do
only
makes
him
shrink
more
from
me
.
It
will
break
my
father
's
heart
,
and
you
will
not
be
there
to
comfort
him
.
'
Norman
covered
his
face
with
his
hands
,
and
a
fit
of
bitter
grief
came
over
him
.
But
his
sorrow
was
now
not
what
it
had
been
before
his
father
's
resignation
had
tempered
it
,
and
soon
it
turned
to
prayer
,
resolution
,
and
hope
.
He
would
try
again
to
reason
quietly
with
him
,
when
the
alarm
of
detection
and
irritation
should
have
gone
off
,
and
he
sought
for
the
occasion
;
but
,
alas
!
Tom
had
learnt
to
look
on
all
reproof
as
'
rowing
,
'
and
considered
it
as
an
additional
injury
from
a
brother
,
who
,
according
to
the
Anderson
view
,
should
have
connived
at
his
offences
,
and
turned
a
deafened
ear
and
dogged
countenance
to
all
he
said
.
The
foolish
boy
sought
after
the
Andersons
still
more
,
and
Norman
became
more
dispirited
about
him
,
greatly
missing
Harry
,
that
constant
companion
and
follower
,
who
would
have
shared
his
perplexities
,
and
removed
half
of
them
,
in
his
own
part
of
the
school
,
by
the
influence
of
his
high
,
courageous
,
and
truthful
spirit
.
In
the
meantime
Richard
was
studying
hard
at
home
,
with
greater
hopefulness
and
vigour
than
he
had
ever
thrown
into
his
work
before
.
'
Suppose
,
'
Ethel
had
once
said
to
him
,
'
that
when
you
are
a
Clergyman
,
you
could
be
Curate
of
Cocksmoor
,
when
there
is
a
Church
there
.
'
'
When
?
'
said
Richard
,
smiling
at
the
presumption
of
the
scheme
,
and
yet
it
formed
itself
into
a
sort
of
definite
hope
.
Perhaps
they
might
persuade
Mr.
Ramsden
to
take
him
as
a
Curate
with
a
view
to
Cocksmoor
,
and
this
prospect
,
vague
as
it
was
,
gave
an
object
and
hope
to
his
studies
.
Everyone
thought
the
delay
of
his
examination
favourable
to
him
,
and
he
now
read
with
a
determination
to
succeed
.
Dr.
May
had
offered
to
let
him
read
with
Mr.
Harrison
,
but
Richard
thought
he
was
getting
on
pretty
well
,
with
the
help
Norman
gave
him
;
for
it
appeared
that
ever
since
Norman
's
return
from
London
,
he
had
been
assisting
Richard
,
who
was
not
above
being
taught
by
a
younger
brother
;
while
,
on
the
other
hand
,
Norman
,
much
struck
by
his
humility
,
would
not
for
the
world
have
published
that
he
was
fit
to
act
as
his
elder
's
tutor
.
One
evening
,
when
the
two
boys
came
in
from
school
,
Tom
gave
a
great
start
,
and
,
pulling
Mary
by
the
sleeve
,
whispered
,
'
How
came
that
book
here
?
'
'
It
is
Mr.
Harrison
's
.
'
'
Yes
,
I
know
,
but
how
came
it
here
?
'
'
Richard
borrowed
it
to
look
out
something
,
and
Ethel
brought
it
down
.
'
A
little
re-assured
,
Tom
took
up
an
exciting
story-book
,
and
ensconsed
himself
by
the
fire
,
but
his
agonies
were
great
during
the
ensuing
conversation
.
'
Norman
,
'
Ethel
was
exclaiming
in
delight
,
'
do
you
know
this
book
?
'
'
Smith
?
Yes
,
it
is
in
the
school
library
.
'
'
There
's
everything
in
it
that
one
wants
,
I
do
believe
.
Here
is
such
an
account
of
ancient
galleys
—
I
never
knew
how
they
managed
their
banks
of
rowers
before
—
Oh
!
and
the
Greek
houses
—
look
at
the
pictures
too
.
'
'
Some
of
them
are
the
same
as
Mr.
Rivers
'
gems
,
'
said
Norman
,
standing
behind
her
,
and
turning
the
leaves
,
in
search
of
a
favourite
.
'
Oh
!
what
did
I
see
?
is
that
ink
?
'
said
Flora
,
from
the
opposite
side
of
the
table
.
'
Yes
,
did
n't
you
hear
?
'
said
Ethel
.
'
Mr
.
Harrison
told
Ritchie
when
he
borrowed
it
,
that
unluckily
one
day
this
spring
he
left
it
in
school
,
and
some
of
the
boys
must
have
upset
an
inkstand
over
it
;
but
,
though
he
asked
them
all
round
,
each
denied
it
.
How
I
should
hate
for
such
things
to
happen
!
and
it
was
a
prize-book
too
.
'
While
Ethel
spoke
she
opened
the
marked
page
,
to
show
the
extent
of
the
calamity
,
and
as
she
did
so
Mary
exclaimed
,
'
Dear
me
!
how
funny
!
why
,
how
did
Harry
's
blotting-paper
get
in
there
?
'
Tom
shrank
into
nothing
,
set
his
teeth
,
and
pinched
his
fingers
,
ready
to
wish
they
were
on
Mary
's
throat
,
more
especially
as
the
words
made
some
sensation
.
Richard
and
Margaret
exchanged
looks
,
and
their
father
,
who
had
been
reading
,
sharply
raised
his
eyes
and
said
,
'
Harry
's
blotting-paper
!
How
do
you
know
that
,
Mary
?
'
'
It
is
Harry
's
,
'
said
she
,
all
unconscious
,
'
because
of
that
anchor
up
in
one
corner
,
and
the
union-jack
in
the
other
.
Do
n't
you
see
,
Ethel
?
'
'
Yes
,
'
said
Ethel
,
'
nobody
drew
that
but
Harry
.
'
'
Aye
,
and
there
are
his
buttons
,
'
said
Mary
,
much
amused
and
delighted
with
these
relics
of
her
beloved
Harry
.
'
Do
n't
you
remember
one
day
last
holidays
,
papa
desired
Harry
to
write
and
ask
Mr.
Ernescliffe
what
clothes
he
ought
to
have
for
the
naval
school
,
and
all
the
time
he
was
writing
the
letter
,
he
was
drawing
sailor
's
buttons
on
his
blotting-paper
.
I
wonder
how
ever
it
got
into
Mr.
Harrison
's
book
!
'
Poor
Mary
's
honest
wits
did
not
jump
to
a
conclusion
quite
so
fast
as
other
people
's
,
and
she
little
knew
what
she
was
doing
,
when
,
as
a
great
discovery
,
she
exclaimed
,
'
I
know
!
Harry
gave
his
paper-case
to
Tom
.
That
's
the
way
it
got
to
school
!
'
'
Tom
!
'
exclaimed
his
father
,
suddenly
and
angrily
,
'
where
are
you
going
?
'
'
To
bed
,
'
muttered
the
miserable
Tom
,
twisting
his
hands
.
A
dead
silence
of
consternation
fell
on
all
the
room
.
Mary
gazed
from
one
to
the
other
,
mystified
at
the
effect
of
her
words
,
frightened
at
her
father
's
loud
voice
,
and
at
