The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Chapter 19 Page 7

take the garment again, and twice she refrained. Once more she ventured, and this time she fortified herself with the thought: “It’s a good lie — it’s a good lie — I won’t let it grieve me.” So she sought the jacket pocket. A moment later she was reading Tom’s piece of bark through flowing tears and saying: “I could forgive the boy, now, if he’d committed a million sins!”