and the violent resistance of Master Johnny, who appeared to have a
presentiment of what was to come, our hero was put into Dr Middleton's
chariot, and with the exception of one plate of glass, which he kicked
out of the window with his feet, and for which feat the Doctor, now
that he had him all to himself, boxed his ears till he was nearly
blind, he was, without any further eventful occurrence, carried by the
Doctor's footman into the parlour of Mr Bonnycastle.


CHAPTER V

Jack Easy is sent to a school at which there is no flogging.

Master Jack had been plumped down in a chair by the doctor's servant,
who, as he quitted him, first looked at his own hands, from which the
blood was drawn in several parts, and then at Master Jack, with his
teeth closed, and lips compressed, as much as to say, "If I only
dared, would not I, that's all!" and then walked out of the room,
repaired to the carriage at the front door, when he showed his hands
to the coachman, who looked down from his box in great commiseration,
at the same time fully sharing his fellow-servant's indignation. But
we must repair to the parlour. Dr Middleton ran over a newspaper,
while Johnny sat on the chair all of a heap, looking like a lump of
sulks, with his feet on the upper front bar, and his knees almost up
to his nose. He was a promising pupil, Jack.

Mr Bonnycastle made his appearance--a tall, well-built, handsome, fair
man, with a fine powdered head, dressed in solemn black and knee
buckles; his linen beautifully clean, and with a peculiar bland
expression of countenance. When he smiled he showed a row of teeth