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The Sequel of My Resolution

           Inwhateveroccupationshewasengaged,howeverinterestingtohertheconversationinwhichshewastakingpart,adonkeyturnedthecurrentofherideasinamoment,andshewasuponhimstraight.Jugsofwater,andwatering-pots,werekeptinsecretplacesreadytobedischargedontheoffendingboys;stickswerelaidinambushbehindthedoor;salliesweremadeatallhours;andincessantwarprevailed.Perhapsthiswasanagreeableexcitementtothedonkey-boys;orperhapsthemoresagaciousofthedonkeys,understandinghowthecasestood,delightedwithconstitutionalobstinacyincomingthatway.Ionlyknowthattherewerethreealarmsbeforethebathwasready;andthatontheoccasionofthelastandmostdesperateofall,Isawmyauntengage,single-handed,withasandy-headedladoffifteen,andbumphissandyheadagainstherowngate,beforeheseemedtocomprehendwhatwasthematter.Theseinterruptionswereofthemoreridiculoustome,becauseshewasgivingmebrothoutofatable-spoonatthetime(havingfirmlypersuadedherselfthatIwasactuallystarving,andmustreceivenourishmentatfirstinverysmallquantities),and,whilemymouthwasyetopentoreceivethespoon,shewouldputitbackintothebasin,cry‘Janet!Donkeys!’andgoouttotheassault.

           Thebathwasagreatcomfort.ForIbegantobesensibleofacutepainsinmylimbsfromlyingoutinthefields,andwasnowsotiredandlowthatIcouldhardlykeepmyselfawakeforfiveminutestogether.

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