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"Merciful heavens! what an escape!" cried Mrs. Seagrave.
"He has been well punished this time, madam, and I'll venture to say he
will not touch a musket again in a hurry."
"Yes; but he must be punished more," said Mr. Seagrave. "he must
remember it."
"Well, sir, if he is to be punished more, I think you cannot punish him
better than by not allowing him to have any of the pig when it is
cooked."
"I think so too, Ready; and therefore that is a settled thing - no pig
for Tommy."
Chapter LII
The next morning Tommy's face presented a very woeful appearance. His
cheek and lips were swelled and black, and the loss of his two front
teeth made him look much worse.
Tommy looked very glum when he came to breakfast. There was the pig's
fry for breakfast, and the smell of it had been very inviting to Tommy;
but when his father scolded him, and told him that he was not to have
one bit of the pig, he began to cry and roar so loud, that he was sent
away from the tents till he had left off.
After breakfast, Ready proposed that he and William should take the
boat, and begin their labour of carrying the articles round from the
cove to the bay where the house was, pointing out that there was not a
day to be lost.
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