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CHAPTER 5

        tom es home

        tOM o arrive early in ternoon, and ttering    besides Maggies e enougo be expected; for if Mrs tulliver rong feeling, it    t quick lige of t, and    likely to respect Mrs tullivers curls and cap-strings, sside tting all t lad! But, Lord    never a collar on; its been lost on t t.

        Mrs tulliver stood    on one leg and tom desded from tice as to tender emotions, `, are you there?

        ed to be kissed    and t o fis to-morroeen years of age, look as muc broe nose and eye-broo dis anyt ter of boy as possible from pgies pure seemed to    decided iion. But t same Nature self u simple people te ly preparing a refutation of t prop so turn off by t rigid inflexible purposes, some of    unmodifiable cers, and trative, rebellious girl may after all turn out to be a passive being pared e bit of masity erminate features.

        `Maggie, said tom, fidentially, taking o a er, as soon as    to examine aken off t from t kno in my pockets - nodding ery.

        `No, said Maggie. `odgy tom! Is it marls (marbles) - or uts? Maggies    sank a little, because tom al    those games - she played so badly.

        `Marls! no - Ive stle fellos are no fun, you silly, only    see    of -.

        ` is it? said Maggie, in a    of yellow.

        `s... a... new... guess, Maggie!

        `O, I t guess, tom, said Maggie, impatiently.

        `Dont be a spitfire, else I    tell you, said tom, ting o , and lookiermined.

        `No, tom, said Maggie, implly, laying    . `Im not cross, tom - it    bear guessing. Please, be good to me.

        toms arm sloo yourself. I    go offee and gingerbread o purpose to save t . And    c t it be fun?

        Maggies anso toms ned     speaking, ause,

        `asnt I a good broto buy you a line all to yourself? You kno    it, if    liked.

        `Yes, very, very good... I do love you, tom.

        tom    t, and    the hooks one by one, before he spoke again.

        `And t me, because I    give in about toffee.

        `O dear, I    it    you?

        ` me? no, said tom, putting up taking out a large pocket-knife, and slo blade, atively as . then he added,

        `I gave Spouncer a black eye, I knos ing to leat going to go hered me.

        `O om - I t me, I t    you, tom?

        ` you, you silly the shows.

        `No: but if ries, I mean, in Africa,    people t you in t.

        `ell, I s a gun and s him.

        `But if you    got a gun -    t as    get away from    som?

        tom paused, and at last turned aemptuously, saying, `But t ing. s talking?

        `But I like to fancy     you om.

        `O dont bots.

        Maggies    began to flutter    tell trut once, but ser tom in trembling silence as    out, tell o soften at ons anger of all t e a different anger from her own.

        `tom, simidly, w of doors, `s?

        `tly.

        `I t a great deal more t in my steel purse upstairs. Ill ask moto give it you.

        ` for? said tom. `I dont    your money, you silly t a great deal more momas boxes, because I shall be a man, and you only have five-shilling pieces, because youre only a girl.

        `ell, but, tom - if mot me give you to put into your pocket and spend, you knos ?

        `More rabbits? I dont    any more.

        `O, but tom, theyre all dead.

        tom stopped immediately in urned round to to feed em t, ening for a moment, but soon subsiding. `Ill pitco urned a love you, Maggie. You s go fiso-morroold you to go as every day. he walked on again.

        `Yes, but I fot - and I couldnt , iom. Im so very sorry, said Maggie, wears rus.

        `Youre a naugom, severely, `and Im sorry I boug love you.

        `O tom, its very cruel, sobbed Maggie, `Id five you, if you fot anyt mind w you did - Id five you and love you.

        `Yes, youre a silly. But I never det t.

        `O, please five me, tom; my    oms arm, and laying    cheek on his shoulder.

        tom sopped again, saying in a per-emptory tone, `No listen. Arent I a good broto you?

        `Ye-ye-es, sobbed Maggie, her    rising and falling vulsedly.

        `Didnt I t your fiser, ao buy it, and saved my money o purpose, and    go offee, and Spouncer foug?

        `Ye-ye-es... and I... lo-lo-love you so, tom.

        `But youre a naug    off my lozenge-box, and t, you let t drag my fis you to d you puse all for nothing.

        `But I didnt mean, said Maggie. `I couldnt .

        `Yes, you could, said tom, `if youd minded w you were doing. And youre a naug go fiso-morrow.

        iterrible clusion, tom ran aoo greet Luke to him of harry.

        Maggie stood motionless, except from e or turned round and ran into to tic,    ten som om didnt love    sed to give y to    sy to tom -    to be naugo him.

        `O c came ty space of ttic. S of beating rinding isoo miserable to be angry.

        tter sot o fly beyond to summer seems measureless.

        Maggie soon t stid it must be tea-time, and tea, and not tay up tarve ub and stay t, and tened and tom    in t, as s beub; but presently sain at t t mind    doo tom om tive    because old om didnt e to fet lasted i iy for five dark minutes beub; but tro need in pgies nature, began to le . S from beub into tic, but just tstep on tairs.

        tom oo mucerested in alk    icks    any particular reason except t    icks at sco t    to punis busiers like a practical person. But ea, tle    at t, said, `tle sister? bot Maggie and tom ogeternoon.

        `I dont knoom.     to `tell of Maggie, tom tulliver was a lad of honour.

        `,    s your ing home.

        `I    seen he plum-cake.

        `Goodness ! S droulliver, rising from    and running to t    know w know w.

        `Nay, nay, sulliver. `Youve been naugo , tom?

        `Im sure I , fatom, indignantly. `I the house.

        `Per attic, said Mrs tulliver, `a-singing and talking to ting all about meal-times.

        `You go a, said Mr tulliver, raty or    t ttle un, else s o    you knoter.

        tom never disobeyed ulliver ory man, and, as    anybody get     out rat intending to reprieve Maggies punis, een, and ic, regarding t part as opeions, but icularly clear and positive on one point,    :    t.

        It oms step, t Maggie airs, y. At least, roke    is a : as per-emptory as t oture forces us to submit to the world.

        But soms step and    began to beat violently ood still at top of tairs and said, `Maggie, youre to e do so om, please five me - I t bear it - I om.

        e learn to restrain ourselves as    older. e keep apart    duct ourselves in every respect like members of a y. Maggie and tom ill very muder fibres in t o anso Maggies fondling: so t e insistent ion to punisually began to kiss urn and say,

        `Dont cry t a bit o cake.

        Maggies sobs began to subside, and s out    a piece; and tom bit a piece, just for pany, aogetogete, ing resemblao two friendly ponies.

        `e along, Magsie, and ea, said tom at last, airs.

        So e m Maggie rotting    in tepping al in t places and looking darkly radiant from under    because tom o old tom,    so put ted     feel (it oms private opinion t it didnt mucter if t o be lifted. Maggie t t of kno oms superiority, for uff and did not feel surprised at om, indeed,    Maggie tle t tone so as to    anyt do anyt-knife, and ill, er, a alo take care of her, make her his housekeeper, and punish her when she did wrong.

        to t    erious too t it s a perfect round, framed in all reeds, so t ter o be seen o t of te spot aloms good-o Maggie in t amicable ackle.    to    it probable t to o toms. But sten all about t ter,    g her line away.

        Maggie ly tom dre    a large tenche grass.

        tom ed.

        `O Magsie! you little duck! Empty t.

        Maggie    scious of unusual merit, but it om called o mar    in teo t dipping sounds of tle rustling, as if ter    it    by t ill tom told    she liked fishing very much.

        It rotted along and sat dooget t life    go to sc ogets booming - t ut-tree under le river, tom er-rats,    and dropped after Floss along o see tide - ter, or to see t As to tom t people    a disadvantage    a passing `tures by t Ash.

        Life did    and Maggie; a    ts and loves of t years    of t, - if it    t o gatiny fingers as    lisping to ourselves on tumn s t o call `Gods birds because to t y is    s monotony w is known?

        te star-flo my feet - ropic palms, range ferns or splendid broad-petalled blossoms, could ever te fibres es, ts fitful brig of personality given to it by tongue of our imagination, t is laden le iricable associations ting    be in today, mig perception of     for till live in us and transform our perception into love.
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