`` Water ? There 's plenty i ' the beck , '' she said , quite sharply . `` But I ca n't get there ; I 'm most clemmed with hunger and drought . '' And Tom sank down upon the door-step , and laid his head against the post . And the old dame looked at him through her spectacles one minute , and two , and three ; and then she said , `` He 's sick ; and a bairn 's a bairn , sweep or none . '' `` Water , '' said Tom . `` God forgive me ! '' and she put by her spectacles , and rose , and came to Tom . `` Water 's bad for thee ; I 'll give thee milk . '' And she toddled off into the next room , and brought a cup of milk and a bit of bread . Tom drank the milk off at one draught , and then looked up , revived . `` Where didst come from ? '' said the dame . `` Over Fell , there , '' said Tom , and pointed up into the sky . `` Over Harthover ? and down Lewthwaite Crag ? Art sure thou art not lying ? '' `` Why should I ? '' said Tom , and leant his head against the post . `` And how got ye up there ? ''
`` I came over XXXXX the Place ; '' and Tom was so tired and desperate he had no heart or time to think of a story , so he told all the truth in a few words .
Over at by for from into of through to upon