It was not very likely I would leave him to the chance of being pursued by Mr.Crayshaw; but there he sat, and I thought I never should have persuaded him to get on my back, for good-natured as he is, Jem is as obstinate as a pig.

But I said, "What's the use of my having been first horse with the heaviest weight in school, if I can't carry you ?" So he got up and I carried him a long way, and then a cart overtook us, and we got a lift home.

And they knew us quite well, which shows how little use walnut-juice is, and it is disgusting to get off.
I think, as it happened, it was very unfortunate that we had discoloured our faces; for though my mother was horrified at our being so thin and pinched-looking, my father said that of course we looked frights with brown daubs all over our cheeks and necks.

But then he never did notice people looking ill.

He was very angry indeed, at first, about our running away, and would not listen to what we said.