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31
Habitually
obedient
to
John
,
I
came
up
to
his
chair
:
he
spent
some
three
minutes
in
thrusting
out
his
tongue
at
me
as
far
as
he
could
without
damaging
the
roots
:
I
knew
he
would
soon
strike
,
and
while
dreading
the
blow
,
I
mused
on
the
disgusting
and
ugly
appearance
of
him
who
would
presently
deal
it
.
I
wonder
if
he
read
that
notion
in
my
face
;
for
,
all
at
once
,
without
speaking
,
he
struck
suddenly
and
strongly
.
I
tottered
,
and
on
regaining
my
equilibrium
retired
back
a
step
or
two
from
his
chair
.
32
"
That
is
for
your
impudence
in
answering
mama
awhile
since
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
for
your
sneaking
way
of
getting
behind
curtains
,
and
for
the
look
you
had
in
your
eyes
two
minutes
since
,
you
rat
!
"
33
Accustomed
to
John
Reed
's
abuse
,
I
never
had
an
idea
of
replying
to
it
;
my
care
was
how
to
endure
the
blow
which
would
certainly
follow
the
insult
.
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34
"
What
were
you
doing
behind
the
curtain
?
"
he
asked
.
35
"
I
was
reading
.
"
36
"
Show
the
book
.
"
37
I
returned
to
the
window
and
fetched
it
thence
.
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38
"
You
have
no
business
to
take
our
books
;
you
are
a
dependent
,
mama
says
;
you
have
no
money
;
your
father
left
you
none
;
you
ought
to
beg
,
and
not
to
live
here
with
gentlemen
's
children
like
us
,
and
eat
the
same
meals
we
do
,
and
wear
clothes
at
our
mama
's
expense
.
Now
,
I
'll
teach
you
to
rummage
my
bookshelves
:
for
they
are
mine
;
all
the
house
belongs
to
me
,
or
will
do
in
a
few
years
.
Go
and
stand
by
the
door
,
out
of
the
way
of
the
mirror
and
the
windows
.
"
39
I
did
so
,
not
at
first
aware
what
was
his
intention
;
but
when
I
saw
him
lift
and
poise
the
book
and
stand
in
act
to
hurl
it
,
I
instinctively
started
aside
with
a
cry
of
alarm
:
not
soon
enough
,
however
;
the
volume
was
flung
,
it
hit
me
,
and
I
fell
,
striking
my
head
against
the
door
and
cutting
it
.
The
cut
bled
,
the
pain
was
sharp
:
my
terror
had
passed
its
climax
;
other
feelings
succeeded
.
40
"
Wicked
and
cruel
boy
!
"
I
said
.
"
You
are
like
a
murderer
--
you
are
like
a
slave-driver
--
you
are
like
the
Roman
emperors
!
"
I
had
read
Goldsmith
's
History
of
Rome
,
and
had
formed
my
opinion
of
Nero
,
Caligula
,
etc.
.
Also
I
had
drawn
parallels
in
silence
,
which
I
never
thought
thus
to
have
declared
aloud
.