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Every time I let him off, my conscience does hurt me so,
and every time I hit him my old heart most breaks. Well-a-well, man
that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, as the
Scripture says, and I reckon it's so. He'll play hookey this evening,
and [ Southwestern for "afternoon"] I'll just be obleeged to make him
work, to-morrow, to punish him.