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I forgive you everything, Sid. When I am dead... Oh, Tom, you are not dying! I forgive everybody, Sid. Tell them so. Oh, Aunt Polly, come! Tom is dying! (entering the stage). Dying? Sid runs away for Aunt Polly. Tom quite changes. He stops groaning, he even whistles, then he hears steps. - Tj*j I Yes, come quick! Nonsense, I don’t believe it. (She comes up to Tom.) You, Tom! Tom, what is the matter with you, child? Oh, Auntie, my tooth aches awfully. Your tooth? And what is the matter with your tooth? It is loose and aches awfully. Sit down. (Tom sits down with his face to the public). Open your mouth. Well, you are right. Your tooth is really loose. Mary! Aunt Polly calls her servant Mary, who enters. Yes, Mam? Please, bring a thread and a candle. All right, Mam. Oh, please, Aunt, don’t pull it out. It doesn’t hurt me now. I shall go to school! He tries to gather his books and note-books and put them into his bag. Oh, Tom, so all this was because you didn’t want to go to school. (holding a candle and a thread). Here they are, Mam. 77
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