only thirteen, and had no decided views in grammar and arithmetic, regarding them for the most part as open questions, but he was particularly clear and positive on one point — namely, that he would punish everybody who deserved it. Why, he wouldn’t have minded being punished himself if he deserved it; but, then, he never did deserve it.
It was Tom’s step, then, that Maggie heard on the stairs, when her need of love had triumphed over her pride, and she was going down with her swollen eyes and dishevelled hair to beg for pity. At least her father would stroke her head and say, “Never mind, my wench.” It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love — this hunger of the heart — as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and Mohamed Elneny Jersey change the face of the world.
But she knew Tom’s step, and Athletic Bilbao Trøjer her heart began to beat violently with the sudden Nike Free Run Dam shock of hope. He only stood still at the top of the stairs and said, “Maggie, you’re to come down.” But she rushed to him and Chelsea Dame clung round his neck, sobbing, “Oh, Tom, please forgive me Riccardo Montolivo Jersey — I can’t bear it — I will always be good — always remember things — do love me — please, dear Tom!”
We learn to restrain ourselves as we get older. We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express ourselves in well-bred Sao Paulo Pelipaita phrases, and in this way preserve a dignified alienation, showing much firmness on one side, and swallowing much grief on the other. We no longer approximate in our behavior to the Minnesota Wild Dam mere impulsiveness of Davide Santon Jersey the lower animals, but conduct ourselves in every respect Everton Dame like members of a highly civilized society. Maggie and Tom were still very much like young animals, and so she could rub her cheek against his, and kiss his ear in a random sobbing way; and there were tender fibres in the lad that had been used to answer to Maggie’s fondling, so that he behaved with a weakness quite inconsistent with his resolution to punish her as much as she deserved. He actually began to kiss her in return, and say —
“Don’t cry, then, Magsie; here, eat a bit o’ cake.”
Maggie’s sobs began to subside, and she Michael Farfan Jersey put out her mouth for the cake and bit a piece; and then Tom bit a piece, just for company, and they ate together and rubbed each other’s cheeks and brows and noses together, while they ate, with a humiliating resemblance to two friendly ponies.
“Come along, Magsie, and have tea,” said Tom at last, when there was no more cake except what was down-stairs.
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