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The Terrible Word

           Dick!look!look!"

           "Whatisit,oldTom?"askedDickSand,inthecalmtoneofamanwhoattendstoeverything.

           "Therethere!"criedTom;"onthosetreesbloodstains!andonthegroundmutilatedlimbs!"

           DickSandrushedtowardthespotindicatedbyoldTom.Then,returningtohim:"Silence,Tom,silence!"saidhe.

           Infact,thereonthegroundwerehandscutoff,andabovethesehumanremainswereseveralbrokenforks,andachaininpieces!

           Happily,Mrs.Weldonhadseennothingofthishorriblespectacle.

           AsforHarris,hekeptatadistance,andanyoneobservinghimatthismomentwouldhavebeenstruckatthechangemadeinhim.Hisfacehadsomethingferociousinit.

           DingohadrejoinedDickSand,andbeforethesebloodyremains,hebarkedwithrage.

           Thenovicehadhardworktodrivehimaway.

           Meanwhile,oldTom,atthesightoftheseforks,ofthisbrokenchain,hadremainedmotionless,asifhisfeetwererootedinthesoil.Hiseyeswerewideopen,hishandsclenched;hestared,murmuringtheseincoherentwords:

           "IhaveseenalreadyseentheseforkswhenlittleIhaveseen!"

           Andnodoubtthememoriesofhisearlyinfancyreturnedtohimvaguely.

           Hetriedtorecallthem.Hewasgoingtospeak.

           "Besilent,Tom!"repeatedDickSand."ForMrs.Weldon’ssake,foralloursakes,besilent!"

           Andthenoviceledtheoldblackaway.

           Anotherhaltingplacewaschosen,atsomedistance,andallwasarrangedforthenight.

           Therepastwasprepared,buttheyhardlytouchedit.Fatiguetookawaytheirhunger.

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