Nascent Drama

[The Dork Lord]

She took them to a bedchamber and said:

"Now wash and dress yourselves. Here are two new suits of clothes -- shirts, socks, everything complete. They're Huck's -- no, no thanks, Huck -- Mr. Jones bought one and I the other. But they'll fit both of you. Get into them. We'll wait -- come down when you are slicked up enough."

Then she left.

 

[The Dork Lord]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Chapter XXXIV
​

 

[The Dork Lord]

HUCK said: "Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope.

 

[The Dork Lord]

The window ain't high from the ground."

 

[The Dork Lord]

"Shucks! what do you want to slope for?"

 

[The Dork Lord]

"Well, I ain't used to that kind of a crowd.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I can't stand it.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I ain't going down there, Tom."

 

[The Dork Lord]

"Oh, bother!

 

[The Dork Lord]

It ain't anything.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I don't mind it a bit.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I'll take care of you."

 

[The Dork Lord]

Sid appeared.

 

[The Dork Lord]

"Tom," said he, "auntie has been waiting for you all the afternoon.

 

[The Dork Lord]

Mary got your Sunday clothes ready, and everybody's been fretting about you.

 

[The Dork Lord]

Say -- ain't this grease and clay, on your clothes?"

 

[The Dork Lord]

"Now, Mr. Siddy, you jist 'tend to your own business.

 

[The Dork Lord]

What's all this blow-out about, anyway?"

 

[The Dork Lord]

"It's one of the widow's parties that she's always having.

 

[The Dork Lord]

This time it's for the Welshman and his sons, on account of that scrape they helped her out of the other night.