My ‘First Half’ at Salem House

           Schoolbeganinearnestnextday.Aprofoundimpressionwasmadeuponme,Iremember,bytheroarofvoicesintheschoolroomsuddenlybecominghushedasdeathwhenMr.Creakleenteredafterbreakfast,andstoodinthedoorwaylookingrounduponuslikeagiantinastory-booksurveyinghiscaptives.

           TungaystoodatMr.Creakle’selbow.Hehadnooccasion,Ithought,tocryout‘Silence!’soferociously,fortheboyswereallstruckspeechlessandmotionless.

           Mr.Creaklewasseentospeak,andTungaywasheard,tothiseffect.

           ‘Now,boys,thisisanewhalf.Takecarewhatyou’reabout,inthisnewhalf.Comefreshuptothelessons,Iadviseyou,forIcomefreshuptothepunishment.Iwon’tflinch.Itwillbeofnouseyourrubbingyourselves;youwon’trubthemarksoutthatIshallgiveyou.Nowgettowork,everyboy!’

           Whenthisdreadfulexordiumwasover,andTungayhadstumpedoutagain,Mr.CreaklecametowhereIsat,andtoldmethatifIwerefamousforbiting,hewasfamousforbiting,too.Hethenshowedmethecane,andaskedmewhatIthoughtofTHAT,foratooth?Wasitasharptooth,hey?Wasitadoubletooth,hey?Haditadeepprong,hey?Diditbite,hey?Diditbite?Ateveryquestionhegavemeafleshycutwithitthatmademewrithe;soIwasverysoonmadefreeofSalemHouse(asSteerforthsaid),andwasverysoonintearsalso.

           NotthatImeantosaythesewerespecialmarksofdistinction,whichonlyIreceived.

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