George, who was very sleepy, and had no inclination to be disturbed, scarcely attended to what he was saying; but, on being asked how _he_ thought to get off, and how _he_ should relish a good sound flogging, if he could not excuse himself, he thought it time to inquire into his meaning, and was informed that some of the boys had that evening been robbing the master's garden, that they had taken away all the fruit, both ripe and unripe, and had trodden down and destroyed every thing.
