But now sit down, and let's go over it again.

I'll be as serious as a judge." Then Tom sat himself down on the table, and waxed eloquent about all the righteousnesses and advantages of the new plan, as was his wont whenever he took up anything, going into it as if his life depended upon it, and sparing no abuse which he could think of, of the opposite method, which he denounced as ungentlemanly, cowardly, mean, lying, and no one knows what besides.

"Very cool of Tom," as East thought, but didn't say, "seeing as how he only came out of Egypt himself last night at bedtime." "Well, Tom," said he at last, "you see, when you and I came to school there were none of these sort of notions.

You may be right--I dare say you are.

Only what one has always felt about the masters is, that it's a fair trial of skill and last between us and them--like a match at football or a battle.