"Tom!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!" No answer.
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The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them.
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She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service.
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