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the book. There was no help for Becky now. The next moment the master
looked at the children. Then he said:
"Who tore the book?"
There was not a sound. One could have heard a pin drop.
"Benjamin Rogers, did you tear the book?"
"No."
"Joseph Harper, did you?"
"No."
The master looked at the rank of boys, thought a while, then turned to the
girls.
"Amy Lawrence?"
"No."
“Gracie Miller?"
“No."
The next girl was Becky Thatcher. Tom was trembling from head to
foot with excitement and a sense of hopelessness.
“Rebecca Thatcher" - (Tom looked at her - her face was white) -
"Rebecca Thatcher, did you tear - no, look me in the face - did you tear
this book?"
Tom got a brilliant idea. He sprang to his feet and shouted: "I did
it!" .
Tom was whipped again! But the surprise, the gratitude that shone
out of poor Becky's eyes payed him enough for everything. Tom was
ordered to stay two hours after school. But he was not sorry because he
knew who would wait for him outside till his punishment was over.
Tom went to bed that night planning revenge against Alfred Temple,
because Becky had told him all. But by-and-by he thought of other,
more pleasant things, and he fell asleep, thinking about Becky's last
words:
“Tom, how could you be so noble!"
Notes:
She looked like a helpless rabbit before a hunter’s gun – Она была
похожа на беззащитного кролика под дулом ружья охотника
One could have heard a pin drop – Было так тихо, что можно было
услышать, как пролетит муха
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