get as much work as possible out of them, and to make as much gain by them
as he could, was all he thought of. They might be tired, or hungry, or
overburdened; what did it matter to him, so long as the end for which he
kept them was fulfilled? The same spirit which led him to treat his company
and his wife with severity and indifference, led him to ill-treat his
horses.

Toby resolutely refused to beat the poor tired horse, which was already
straining itself to its utmost, the additional weight of Augustus having
been very trying to it the last few miles.

When Augustus saw that Toby did not mean to obey him, he sprang to the door
of the caravan in a towering passion, seized the whip from Toby's hand, and
then beat the poor horse unmercifully, causing it to start from side to
side, till nearly everything in the caravan was thrown to the ground, and
Rosalie and her mother trembled with suppressed indignation and horror.

Then, with one last tremendous blow, aimed at Toby's head, Augustus threw
down the whip, and returned to his pipe.

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CHAPTER V

ROSALIE'S FIRST SERMON

The next morning, as soon as they had started on their journey, Rosalie
begged her mother to continue her story. So, after satisfying herself that