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The
school
stared
in
perplexity
at
this
incredible
folly
.
Tom
stood
a
moment
,
to
gather
his
dismembered
faculties
;
and
when
he
stepped
forward
to
go
to
his
punishment
the
surprise
,
the
gratitude
,
the
adoration
that
shone
upon
him
out
of
poor
Becky
's
eyes
seemed
pay
enough
for
a
hundred
floggings
.
Inspired
by
the
splendor
of
his
own
act
,
he
took
without
an
outcry
the
most
merciless
flaying
that
even
Mr.
Dobbins
had
ever
administered
;
and
also
received
with
indifference
the
added
cruelty
of
a
command
to
remain
two
hours
after
school
should
be
dismissed
--
for
he
knew
who
would
wait
for
him
outside
till
his
captivity
was
done
,
and
not
count
the
tedious
time
as
loss
,
either
.
Tom
went
to
bed
that
night
planning
vengeance
against
Alfred
Temple
;
for
with
shame
and
repentance
Becky
had
told
him
all
,
not
forgetting
her
own
treachery
;
but
even
the
longing
for
vengeance
had
to
give
way
,
soon
,
to
pleasanter
musings
,
and
he
fell
asleep
at
last
with
Becky
's
latest
words
lingering
dreamily
in
his
ear
--
"
Tom
,
how
COULD
you
be
so
noble
!
"
Vacation
was
approaching
.
The
schoolmaster
,
always
severe
,
grew
severer
and
more
exacting
than
ever
,
for
he
wanted
the
school
to
make
a
good
showing
on
"
Examination
"
day
.
His
rod
and
his
ferule
were
seldom
idle
now
--
at
least
among
the
smaller
pupils
.
Only
the
biggest
boys
,
and
young
ladies
of
eighteen
and
twenty
,
escaped
lashing
.
Mr.
Dobbins
'
lashings
were
very
vigorous
ones
,
too
;
for
although
he
carried
,
under
his
wig
,
a
perfectly
bald
and
shiny
head
,
he
had
only
reached
middle
age
,
and
there
was
no
sign
of
feebleness
in
his
muscle
.
As
the
great
day
approached
,
all
the
tyranny
that
was
in
him
came
to
the
surface
;
he
seemed
to
take
a
vindictive
pleasure
in
punishing
the
least
shortcomings
.
The
consequence
was
,
that
the
smaller
boys
spent
their
days
in
terror
and
suffering
and
their
nights
in
plotting
revenge
.
They
threw
away
no
opportunity
to
do
the
master
a
mischief
.
But
he
kept
ahead
all
the
time
.
The
retribution
that
followed
every
vengeful
success
was
so
sweeping
and
majestic
that
the
boys
always
retired
from
the
field
badly
worsted
.
At
last
they
conspired
together
and
hit
upon
a
plan
that
promised
a
dazzling
victory
.
They
swore
in
the
sign-painter
's
boy
,
told
him
the
scheme
,
and
asked
his
help
.
He
had
his
own
reasons
for
being
delighted
,
for
the
master
boarded
in
his
father
's
family
and
had
given
the
boy
ample
cause
to
hate
him
.
The
master
's
wife
would
go
on
a
visit
to
the
country
in
a
few
days
,
and
there
would
be
nothing
to
interfere
with
the
plan
;
the
master
always
prepared
himself
for
great
occasions
by
getting
pretty
well
fuddled
,
and
the
sign-painter
's
boy
said
that
when
the
dominie
had
reached
the
proper
condition
on
Examination
Evening
he
would
"
manage
the
thing
"
while
he
napped
in
his
chair
;
then
he
would
have
him
awakened
at
the
right
time
and
hurried
away
to
school
.
In
the
fulness
of
time
the
interesting
occasion
arrived
.
At
eight
in
the
evening
the
schoolhouse
was
brilliantly
lighted
,
and
adorned
with
wreaths
and
festoons
of
foliage
and
flowers
.
The
master
sat
throned
in
his
great
chair
upon
a
raised
platform
,
with
his
blackboard
behind
him
.
He
was
looking
tolerably
mellow
.
Three
rows
of
benches
on
each
side
and
six
rows
in
front
of
him
were
occupied
by
the
dignitaries
of
the
town
and
by
the
parents
of
the
pupils
.
To
his
left
,
back
of
the
rows
of
citizens
,
was
a
spacious
temporary
platform
upon
which
were
seated
the
scholars
who
were
to
take
part
in
the
exercises
of
the
evening
;
rows
of
small
boys
,
washed
and
dressed
to
an
intolerable
state
of
discomfort
;
rows
of
gawky
big
boys
;
snowbanks
of
girls
and
young
ladies
clad
in
lawn
and
muslin
and
conspicuously
conscious
of
their
bare
arms
,
their
grandmothers
'
ancient
trinkets
,
their
bits
of
pink
and
blue
ribbon
and
the
flowers
in
their
hair
.
All
the
rest
of
the
house
was
filled
with
non-participating
scholars
.
The
exercises
began
.
A
very
little
boy
stood
up
and
sheepishly
recited
,
"
You
'd
scarce
expect
one
of
my
age
to
speak
in
public
on
the
stage
,
"
etc.
--
accompanying
himself
with
the
painfully
exact
and
spasmodic
gestures
which
a
machine
might
have
used
--
supposing
the
machine
to
be
a
trifle
out
of
order
.
But
he
got
through
safely
,
though
cruelly
scared
,
and
got
a
fine
round
of
applause
when
he
made
his
manufactured
bow
and
retired
.
A
little
shamefaced
girl
lisped
,
"
Mary
had
a
little
lamb
,
"
etc.
,
performed
a
compassion-inspiring
curtsy
,
got
her
meed
of
applause
,
and
sat
down
flushed
and
happy
.
Tom
Sawyer
stepped
forward
with
conceited
confidence
and
soared
into
the
unquenchable
and
indestructible
"
Give
me
liberty
or
give
me
death
"
speech
,
with
fine
fury
and
frantic
gesticulation
,
and
broke
down
in
the
middle
of
it
.
A
ghastly
stage-fright
seized
him
,
his
legs
quaked
under
him
and
he
was
like
to
choke
.
True
,
he
had
the
manifest
sympathy
of
the
house
but
he
had
the
house
's
silence
,
too
,
which
was
even
worse
than
its
sympathy
.
