ItwasinvainthatheurgedTarltontopermithimtoconsulthisfriend。
AgloomoverspreadTarlton’sbrowwhenhebegantospeakonthesubject，andhealwaysreturnedaperemptoryrefusal，accompaniedwithsomesuchtauntingexpressionasthis——Iwishwehadnothingtodowithsuchasneakingfellow。he’llbetrayusall，Isee，beforewehavedonewithhim。
Well，saidLoveittohimself，soIamabusedafterall，andcalledasneakingfellowformypains。that’sratherhard，tobesure，whenI’vegotsolittlebythejob。
Intruthhehadnotgotmuch。forinthedivisionofthebootyonlyoneapple，andhalfofanother，whichwasonlyhalfripe，happenedtofalltohisshare。though，tobesure，whentheyhadalleatentheirapples，hehadthesatisfactiontoheareverybodydeclaretheywereverysorrytheyhadforgottentooffersomeoftheirstoPOORLOVEIT。
Inthemeantime，thevisitstotheapple-treehadbeennowtoofrequentlyrepeatedtoremainconcealedfromtheoldmanwholivedinthecottage。