CHAPTER 5
tom Comes hometOM o arrive early in ternoon, and ttering besides Maggies e enougo be expected; for if Mrs tulliver rong feeling, it t quick lige of t, and likely to respect Mrs tullivers curls and cap-strings, sside tting all t lad! But, Lord never a collar on; its been lost on t t.
Mrs tulliver stood on one leg and tom descended from ticence as to tender emotions, `, are you there?
Nevertted to be kissed and t o fis to-morroeen years of age, look as muc broe nose and eye-broo discern anyt ter of boy as possible from poor Maggies pure seemed to decided intention. But t same Nature self under t simple people te ly preparing a refutation of t prop so turn off by t rigid inflexible purposes, some of unmodifiable cers, and trative, rebellious girl may after all turn out to be a passive being compared e bit of masculinity erminate features.
`Maggie, said tom, confidentially, taking o a corner, as soon as to examine aken off t from t kno in my pockets - nodding ery.
`No, said Maggie. `odgy tom! Is it marls (marbles) - or cobnuts? Maggies sank a little, because tom al those games - she played so badly.
`Marls! no - Ive stle fellos are no fun, you silly, only see of -.
` is it? said Maggie, in a of yellow.
`s... a... new... guess, Maggie!
`O, I cant guess, tom, said Maggie, impatiently.
`Dont be a spitfire, else I tell you, said tom, ting o , and looking determined.
`No, tom, said Maggie, imploringly, laying . `Im not cross, tom - it bear guessing. Please, be good to me.
toms arm sloo yourself. I go offee and gingerbread o purpose to save t . And c t it be fun?
Maggies anso toms neck and speaking, wer a pause,
`asnt I a good broto buy you a line all to yourself? You kno it, if liked.
`Yes, very, very good... I do love you, tom.
tom t, and the hooks one by one, before he spoke again.
`And t me, because I give in about toffee.
`O dear, I it you?
` me? no, said tom, putting up taking out a large pocket-knife, and slo blade, atively as . then he added,
`I gave Spouncer a black eye, I knos ing to leat going to go hered me.
`O om - I t me, I t you, tom?
` you, you silly the shows.
`No: but if ries, I mean, in Africa, people t you in t.
`ell, I s a gun and s him.
`But if you got a gun - t as get away from som?
tom paused, and at last turned aemptuously, saying, `But t coming. s talking?
`But I like to fancy you om.
`O dont bots.
Maggies began to flutter tell trut once, but ser tom in trembling silence as out, tell o soften at once oms anger of all t e a different anger from her own.
`tom, simidly, w of doors, `s?
`tly.
`I t a great deal more t in my steel purse upstairs. Ill ask moto give it you.
` for? said tom. `I dont your money, you silly t a great deal more money tmas boxes, because I shall be a man, and you only have five-shilling pieces, because youre only a girl.
`ell, but, tom - if mot me give you to put into your pocket and spend, you knos ?
`More rabbits? I dont any more.
`O, but tom, theyre all dead.
tom stopped immediately in urned round to to feed em t, ening for a moment, but soon subsiding. `Ill pitco urned a love you, Maggie. You s go fiso-morroold you to go and see ts every day. he walked on again.
`Yes, but I forgot - and I couldnt , indeed, tom. Im so very sorry, said Maggie, wears rus.
`Youre a naugom, severely, `and Im sorry I boug love you.
`O tom, its very cruel, sobbed Maggie, `Id forgive you, if you forgot anyt mind w you did - Id forgive you and love you.
`Yes, youre a silly. But I never do forget t.
`O, please forgive me, tom; my oms arm, and laying cheek on his shoulder.
tom sopped again, saying in a per-emptory tone, `No listen. Arent I a good broto you?
`Ye-ye-es, sobbed Maggie, her chin rising and falling convulsedly.
`Didnt I t your fiser, and mean to buy it, and saved my money o purpose, and go offee, and Spouncer foug?
`Ye-ye-es... and I... lo-lo-love you so, tom.
`But youre a naug off my lozenge-box, and t, you let t drag my fis you to c, and you puse all for nothing.
`But I didnt mean, said Maggie. `I couldnt .
`Yes, you could, said tom, `if youd minded w you were doing. And youre a naug go fiso-morrow.
iterrible conclusion, tom ran aoo greet Luke to him of harry.
Maggie stood motionless, except from e or turned round and ran into to tic, ten som om didnt love sed to give y to sy to tom - to be naugo him.
`O c came ty space of ttic. S of beating or grinding isoo miserable to be angry.
tter sorro got o fly beyond to summer seems measureless.
Maggie soon t stic, and it must be tea-time, and tea, and not tay up tarve ub and stay t, and tened and tom in t, as s beub; but presently so cry again at t t mind doo tom no ted tom to forgive because old om didnt come to fetcion lasted in great intensity for five dark minutes beub; but trongest need in poor Maggies nature, began to le . S from beub into tic, but just tstep on tairs.
tom oo mucerested in alk icks any particular reason except t icks at sco t to punis business ters like a practical person. But ea, tle at t, said, `tle sister? bot Maggie and tom ogeternoon.
`I dont knoom. to `tell of Maggie, tom tulliver was a lad of honour.
`, s your coming home.
`I seen he plum-cake.
`Goodness ! S droulliver, rising from and running to t know w know w.
`Nay, nay, sulliver. `Youve been naugo , tom?
`Im sure I , fatom, indignantly. `I the house.
`Per attic, said Mrs tulliver, `a-singing and talking to ting all about meal-times.
`You go and fetcom, said Mr tulliver, raty or t ttle un, else s o you knoter.
tom never disobeyed ulliver ory man, and, as anybody get out rat intending to reprieve Maggies punis, een, and ic, regarding t part as open questions, but icularly clear and positive on one point, namely t : t.
It oms step, t Maggie airs, y. At least, roke is a : as per-emptory as t oture forces us to submit to the world.
But soms step and began to beat violently ood still at top of tairs and said, `Maggie, youre to come do so om, please forgive me - I cant bear it - I om.
e learn to restrain ourselves as older. e keep apart conduct ourselves in every respect like members of a y. Maggie and tom ill very muc ender fibres in t o anso Maggies fondling: so t e inconsistent ion to punisually began to kiss urn and say,
`Dont cry t a bit o cake.
Maggies sobs began to subside, and s out a piece; and tom bit a piece, just for company, and te togetogete, ing resemblance to two friendly ponies.
`Come along, Magsie, and ea, said tom at last, airs.
So ended t morning Maggie rotting in tepping al in t places and looking darkly radiant from under because tom o old tom, so put ted feel (it oms private opinion t it didnt mucter if t o be lifted. Maggie t t of kno oms superiority, for uff and did not feel surprised at om, indeed, Maggie tle t tone so as to anyt do anyt-knife, and ill, er, and meant alo take care of her, make her his housekeeper, and punish her when she did wrong.
to t erious too t it s a perfect round, framed in all reeds, so t ter o be seen o t of te spot aloms good-o Maggie in t amicable ackle. to it probable t to o toms. But sten all about t ter, ching her line away.
Maggie ly tom dre a large tenche grass.
tom ed.
`O Magsie! you little duck! Empty t.
Maggie conscious of unusual merit, but it om called o mar in tened to t dipping sounds of tle rustling, as if ter it by t ill tom told she liked fishing very much.
It rotted along and sat dooget t life go to sc ogets booming - t cnut-tree under le river, tom er-rats, and dropped after Floss along o see tide - ter, or to see t As to tom t people a disadvantage Ciana passing `tures by t Ash.
Life did com and Maggie; and yet t ts and loves of t years of t, - if it t o gatiny fingers as lisping to ourselves on tumn s t o call `Gods birds because to t novelty is s monotony w is known?
te star-flo my feet - ropic palms, range ferns or splendid broad-petalled blossoms, could ever te fibres es, ts fitful brig of personality given to it by tongue of our imagination, t is laden le inextricable associations ting be in today, mig perception of for till live in us and transform our perception into love.