? ? ? ? "Yes, you could have done that, Tom," said Mary; "and I believe you would if you had thought of it."
? ? ? ? "Would you Tom?" said Aunt Polly, her face lighting wistfully.
? ? ? ? "Say, now, would you, if you'd thought of it?"
? ? ? ? "I- well I don't know. 'Twould a spoiled everything."
? ? ? ? "Tom, I hoped you loved me that much," said Aunt Polly, with a grieved tone that discomforted the boy. "It would been something if you'd cared enough to think of it, even if you didn't do it."
? ? ? ? "Now auntie, that ain't any harm," pleaded Mary; "it's only Tom's giddy way- he is always in such a rush that he never thinks of anything."
? ? ? ? "More's the pity. Sid would have thought. And Sid would have come and done it, too. Tom, you'll look back, some day, when it's too late, and wish you'd cared a little more for me when it would have cost you so little."
? ? ? ? "Now auntie, you know I do care for you," said Tom.
? ? ? ? "I'd know it better if you acted more like it.
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