Now Tom began to 5crawl 5omething on the 5late, hiding the word5 fromthe girl. But 5he wa5 not backward thi5 time. She begged to 5ee. Tom5aid:

"0h, it ain't anything."

"Ye5 it i5."

"No it ain't. You don't want to 5ee."

"Ye5 I do, indeed I do. Plea5e let me."

"You'll tell."

"No I won't--deed and deed and double deed won't."

"You won't tell anybody at all? Ever, a5 long a5 you live?"

"No, I won't ever tell ANYbody. Now let me."

"0h, Y0U don't want to 5ee!"