. Tom Browns school-days . umbledinto the passage. The magpie fluttered down into the court,swearing, and the Madman danced out, howling, with his fingersin his mouth. The Doctor caught hold of him, and called to usto fetch some water. There, you silly fellow, said he, quitepleased, though, to find he wasnt much hurt, you see you dontknow the least what youre doing with all these things; and now,mind, you must give up practising chemistry by yourself. Thenhe took hold of his arm and looked at it, and I saw he had to bitehis lip, and his eyes twinkled; but he said, quite grave, Here,you see, yo
. Tom Browns school-days . umbledinto the passage. The magpie fluttered down into the court,swearing, and the Madman danced out, howling, with his fingersin his mouth. The Doctor caught hold of him, and called to usto fetch some water. There, you silly fellow, said he, quitepleased, though, to find he wasnt much hurt, you see you dontknow the least what youre doing with all these things; and now,mind, you must give up practising chemistry by yourself. Thenhe took hold of his arm and looked at it, and I saw he had to bitehis lip, and his eyes twinkled; but he said, quite grave, Here,you see, youve been making all these foolish marks on yourself,which you can never get out, and youll be very sorry for it in ayear or two: now come down to the housekeepers room, and letus see if you are hurt. And away went the two, and we allstayed and had a regular turnout of the den, till Martin came backwith his hand bandaged and turned us out. However, Ill goand see what hes after, and tell him to come in after prayers to [244]. WHAT CAN YOU BE ABOUT, MARTIN? SCHOOL DAYS supper. And away went Tom to find the boy in question, whodwelt in a little study by himself, in New Row. The af resaid Martin, whom Arthur had taken such a fancyfor, was one of those unfortunates who were at that time of day(and are, I fear, still) quite out of their places at a public we knew how to use our boys, Martin would have been seizedupon and educated as a natural philosopher. He had a passionfor birds, beasts, and insects, and knew more of them and theirhabits than any one in Rugby; except, perhaps, the Doctor, whoknew everything. He was also an experimental chemist on asmall scale, and had made unto himself an electric machine, fromwhich it was his greatest pleasure and glory to administer smallshocks to any small boys who were rash enough to venture intohis study. And this was by no means an adventure free fromexcitement; for, besides the probability of a snake dropping ontoyour head or twinin
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