Come fresh up to the lessons, I advise you, for I come fresh up to the punishment.

I won't flinch.

It will be of no use your rubbing yourselves; you won't rub the marks out that I shall give you.

Now get to work, every boy!' When this dreadful exordium was over, and Tungay had stumped out again, Mr.Creakle came to where I sat, and told me that if I were famous for biting, he was famous for biting, too.

He then showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT, for a tooth?
Was it a sharp tooth, hey?
Was it a double tooth, hey?
Had it a deep prong, hey?
Did it bite, hey?
Did it bite?
At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe; so I was very soon made free of Salem House (as Steerforth said), and was very soon in tears also.
Not that I mean to say these were special marks of distinction, which only I received.