to move it to my father , yet I heardhearafterwards that she reportedreportall the discoursediscourseto him , and that my father , after showing a great concernconcernat it , saidsayto her , with a sighsigh, “ That boy might be happy if he would stay at home ; but if he goes abroad , he will be the most miserable wretch that ever was born : I can give no consent to it . ”
However , he was not much disconcerted at that ; for when he had takentakea mouthful of bread and butter and was about to swallow a gulp of tea , the humour of the thing burstburstupon him with such irresistible force , that he was obliged to jumpjumpup from the table , and rushrushsnortingsnortand chokingchokefrom the room ; and a minute after , was heardhearscreamingscreamin fearful agony in the garden .
Another time I rememberrememberhearinghearhim callcallthe village rat-catcher by sayingsay, " Come hither , thou three-days-and-three-nights , thou , " alludingallude, as I afterwards learnedlearn, to the rat-catcher 's periods of intoxication ; but I will tell no more of such trifles .
Oh , I can hearhearhim as clearly as if I were there !
While I was still vainly tryingtryto establish order , I heardheara frightful yellingyellon the other side of the courtyard , and at once ranruntowards the criescry, in dreaddreadof finding some new outbreak of the pillage in that direction .
Well , after a long time I heardhearthe clock away off in the town go boom -- boom -- boom -- twelve lickslick; and all still again -- stiller than ever .
I and the other colts were feedingfeedat the lower part of the field when we heardhear, quite in the distance , what sounded like the cry of dogs .
A youth passed in solitude , my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage , has so refined the groundwork of my character that I can not overcome an intense distaste to the usual brutality exercised on board ship : I have never believed it to be necessary , and when I heardhearof a mariner equally noted for his kindliness of heart and the respect and obedience paid to him by his crew , I felt myself peculiarly fortunate in being able to securesecurehis services .
I heardhearthere was a child , though no one ever saw her . "
But the old man decidedly refusedrefuse, thinking himself bound in honour to my friend , who , when he found the father inexorable , quittedquithis country , nor returnedreturnuntil he heardhearthat his former mistress was marriedmarryaccording to her inclinations .