“It don’t seem to me as you can ’a had much o’ trouble to judge by,” said the constable, who was beginning to be nettled by Tom’s manner.
“How can you tell that?”
“Leastways ’twould be whoam-made, then,” persisted the constable; “and ther’s a sight o’ odds atween whoam-made troubles and thaay as the Lord sends.”
“So there may; but I may have seen both sorts for anything you can tell.”
“Nay, nay; the Lord’s troubles leave His marks.”
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“And I be to write to you, sir, then, if Harry gets into trouble?”
“Yes; but we must keep him out of trouble, even home-made ones, which don’t leave good marks, you know,” said Tom.