At the end of half an hour Tom had a vague general idea of his lesson,
but no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of human
thought, and his hands were busy with distracting recreations. Mary took
his book to hear him recite, and he tried to find his way through the
fog:
Blessed are the a a
Poor
Yes poor; blessed are the poor a a
In spirit
In spirit; blessed are the poor in spirit, for they they
_Theirs_
For _theirs_. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they they
Sh
For they a
S, H, A
For they S, H Oh, I don t know what it is!
_Shall_!
Oh, _shall_! for they shall for they shall a a shall
mourn a a blessed are they that shall they that a they that
shall mourn, for they shall a shall _what_? Why don t you tell me,
Mary? what do you want to be so mean for?
Oh, Tom, you poor thick-headed thing, I m not teasing you. I wouldn t
do that. You must go and learn it again. Don t you be discouraged, Tom,
you ll manage it and if you do, I ll give you something ever so nice.
There, now, that s a good boy.
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