“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 Fifty Two.
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. Juno had, at his request, already baked a large piece of the pig for them to take with them, and boiled a piece of salt pork, so that they were all ready to start.
“But, Ready,” said Mrs Seagrave, “how long do you intend to remain absent with William?”
“Why, madam, this is Wednesday; of course we shall be back on Saturday night.”