? ? ? ? Alfred dropped alongside and was going to try to comfort her, but she said:
? ? ? ? "Go away and leave me alone, can't you! I hate you!"
? ? ? ? So the boy halted, wondering what he could have done- for she had said she would look at pictures all through the nooning- and she walked on, crying. Then Alfred went musing into the deserted schoolhouse. He was humiliated and angry. He easily guessed his way to the truth- the girl had simply made a convenience of him to vent her spite upon Tom Sawyer.
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