You only thought so.

You would not have told him so for all the world." "But I did, though! As soon as you ran out of school, it seemed as if he made but one step to the door, and his face looked as black as night.

I thought if he overtook you, he might,--I did not know what he would do, he was so angry.

I sat near the door, and I jumped right up and faced him on the threshold.

'Don't, sir, don't! I cried; she is a little girl, and you a great strong man.' "'What is that to you, sirrah ?' he exclaimed, and the forked lightning ran out of his eye right down my backbone.