Part 4 (1/2)
”What is theof this?” he cried ”How dare you, sir!”
”Why, he began at me, uncle, while I was asleep, and--”
”Silence, sir! I will not have the calraceful conduct Past twelve o'clock, you ought to be asleep, and here is a regular riot in the place”
”There, I told you hoould be,” said Sam in an ill-used, remonstrative tone
”Oh!” exclaination forced hi as he was by the injustice of the disturbance being laid at his door
”_Oh_! indeed!” cried his uncle ”It is scandalous, sir Out of charity and coive you a home and brilliant prospects, and you set yourself to work in every way possible to make me repent my kindness It is abominable You make friends with the servants; you are idle and stupid and careless beyond belief; and when you coht to uardly habits, and begin quarrelling and fighting with your cousin”
”I can't speak--I won't speak,” said Tom to himself, as he set his teeth hard ”And as for Sam, I'll--”
He had not time to say to himself what he would do to his cousin, for his uncle had worked hiraceful conduct, finding plenty of epithets suitable as he considered for the occasion, andbeneath the undeserved reproaches till he was quite out of breath; while, totone--”He kneould be,” and ”It was of no use for hination made him feel more stubbornly determined to hold his peace
”It's of no use for ht ”Uncle hates me, and he will not believe, and it's too hard to bear”
”Once for all, sir,” cried his uncle, ”remember this--if you stay here there must be a marked improvement in your conduct, both as to your work at the office and your behaviour in my house I won't have it--do you hear? I won't have it That sulky way too won't go doith et to bed, and if he interferes with you again, callas I should be, I shall feel called upon, out of my duty to his mother, to read him a very severe lesson, such as his schoolo
Now silence, both of you; and as for you, sir, bear in ht to know by this time, I am a man ofsteps were heard, followed by the banging of the bedroom door on the next floor
”There, now you know, buh
To had been touched
”You sneak!” he cried
”What?”
”I say you sneak--you miserable, cowardly sneak!”
”Look here,” cried Sauv'nor, and you knohat he ht”
”Oh!” muttered Tom between his teeth, while his cousin went on quietly undressing
”That would soon bring you to your senses I wanted to be friendly with you, and have just a bit of a gaht”
”Oh!” ht that would quiet you,up his old rattan, and loosen that stiff hide of yours There, go to sleep, buot off so well”
A uished, and Sam jumped into bed, to fall asleep directly, but Toan to creep into the room; and then only did he fall into a troubled doze, full of unpleasant dreaet his breakfast alone, and hurry off to the office