. Tom Browns school-days . omething about owingeverything good in him to Geordie, looked in her face again,pressed her hand to his lips, and rushed downstairs to his study,where he sat till old Thomas came kicking at the door, to tell him [317] TOM BROWNS his allowance would be stopped if he didnt go off to bed. (Itwould have been stopped, anyhow, but that he was a great fa-vorite with the old gentleman, who loved to come out in the after-noons into the close to Toms wicket and bowl slow twisters tohim and talk of the glories of by-gone Surrey heroes with whomhe had played in former generation
. Tom Browns school-days . omething about owingeverything good in him to Geordie, looked in her face again,pressed her hand to his lips, and rushed downstairs to his study,where he sat till old Thomas came kicking at the door, to tell him [317] TOM BROWNS his allowance would be stopped if he didnt go off to bed. (Itwould have been stopped, anyhow, but that he was a great fa-vorite with the old gentleman, who loved to come out in the after-noons into the close to Toms wicket and bowl slow twisters tohim and talk of the glories of by-gone Surrey heroes with whomhe had played in former generations.) So Tom roused himself,and took up his candle to go to bed; and then for the first timewas aware of a beautiful new fishing-rod, with old Etons markon it, and a splendidly bound Bible, which lay on his table, onthe title-page of which was written, ToM BROWN, from hisaffectionate and grateful friends, Frances Jane Arthur, GeorgeArthur. I leave you all to guess how he slept, and what he dreamed of. SCHOOL DAYS CHAPTER VII. HARRY EAST S DILEMMAS AND DELIVERANCES The Holy Supper is kept indeed,In whatso we share with anothers need—Not that which we give, but what we share,For the gift without the giver is bare:Who bestows himself with his alms feeds three—Himself, his hungering neighbor, and Me. —LoWELL, The Vision of Sir Launfal. HE next morning, after breakfast, Tom, East,and Gower met as usual to learn their secondlesson together. Tom had been consideringhow to break his proposal of giving up the cribto the others, and having found no better way(as indeed none better can ever be found byman or boy), told them simply what had hap-pened; how he had been to see Arthur, who had talked to himupon the subject, and what he had said, and for his part he hadmade up his mind, and wasnt going to use cribs any more; and, E3I9]
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