Now , is it ?<br>For mercy 's sake do n't be so sly .<br>You might tell me , your own and only sister , if it is . ''<br>`` Oh , shut up , '' was Young Thomas 's unfeeling reply to his own and only sister .<br>Young Thomas told himself that night that Valley View gossip would drive him into an asylum yet if it did n't let up .
Young Thomas was only eight years old.
( z1 person :name ( z2 name :op "Thomas" ) :mod ( z3 young ) :age ( z4 temporal-quantity :quant 8 :unit ( z5 year ) :mod ( z6 only ) ) )