She finds some gypsies, but they are not what she expects, and she is very frightened before they return her to her father. When Tom goes in to tell on her, Maggie runs off to live with the gypsies and be their queen. Maggie takes revenge by pushing Lucy into the mud. Tom becomes angry when Maggie upsets his cowslip wine and punishes her by paying no attention to her when he takes Lucy off to the pond. Meanwhile, Tom and Maggie with their cousin Lucy and their mother have gone to visit the Pullets. But pity for that family's poverty overcomes him, and he lets the debt stand.

Moss, has borrowed three hundred pounds from him, and Tulliver rides to see them to ask payment of the debt. Tulliver fears that she will call her money in, and he determines to head off that possibility by paying it back at once. Glegg, to whom he owes five hundred pounds. One result of his hasty decision is a violent quarrel with Mrs. Tom and Maggie's aunts and uncles - the Gleggs, Deanes, and Pullets - gather to discuss the boy's education, but Mr. Tulliver forces Tom to coax her down to tea. She retires heartbroken to the attic until Mr. He comes with gifts for her, but when he finds that his rabbits have died because she neglected them, he repulses her. Stelling, the son-in-law of a business acquaintance, as a tutor. Riley, although he has no definite opinions on the subject, recommends Rev. Riley, whom he judges to be knowledgeable. Tulliver has indefinite ideas on education, and he seeks advice from an acquaintance, Mr. Tulliver has decided to remove Tom from the academy where he presently studies and send him to a school where he can learn things that will raise him in the world. Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 14.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 13.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 12.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 11.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 10.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 9.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 8.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 7.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 6.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 5.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 4.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 3.Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 2.

Book 6: The Great Temptation: Chapter 1.Book 4: The Valley of Humiliation: Chapter 3.Book 4: The Valley of Humiliation: Chapter 2.Book 4: The Valley of Humiliation: Chapter 1.

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