CHAPTER XI.
TOM DESERVES HIS SUPPER 'Well done, lad,' Mr.Faggus said good naturedly; for all were now gathered round me, as I rose from the ground, somewhat tottering, and miry, and crest-fallen, but otherwise none the worse (having fallen upon my head, which is of uncommon substance); nevertheless John Fry was laughing, so that I longed to clout his ears for him; 'Not at all bad work, my boy; we may teach you to ride by-and-by, I see; I thought not to see you stick on so long--' 'I should have stuck on much longer, sir, if her sides had not been wet.
She was so slippery--' 'Boy, thou art right.

She hath given many the slip.

Ha, ha! Vex not, Jack, that I laugh at thee.

She is like a sweetheart to me, and better, than any of them be.

It would have gone to my heart if thou hadst conquered.