? ? ? ? Becky, glancing in at a window behind him at the moment, saw the act, and moved on, without discovering herself. She started homeward, now, intending to find Tom and tell him; Tom would be thankful and their troubles would be healed. Before she was half way home, however, she had changed her mind. The thought of Tom's treatment of her when she was talking about her picnic came scorching back and filled her with shame. She resolved to let him get whipped on the damaged spelling-book's account, and to hate him forever, into the bargain.
? ? ? ? TOM ARRIVED AT HOME in a dreary mood, and the first thing his aunt said to him showed him that he had brought his sorrows to an unpromising market:
? ? ? ? "Tom, I've a notion to skin you alive!"
? ? ? ? "Auntie, what have I done?"
? ? ? ? "Well, you've done enough.
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