He turned on it angrily . What did such a little black ape want in that sweet young lady 's room ? And behold , it was himself , reflected in a great mirror , the like of which Tom had never seen before . And Tom , for the first time in his life , found out that he was dirty ; and burst into tears with shame and anger ; and turned to sneak up the chimney again and hide ; and upset the fender and threw the fire-irons down , with a noise as of ten thousand tin kettles tied to ten thousand mad dogs ' tails . Up jumped the little white lady in her bed , and , seeing Tom , screamed as shrill as any peacock . In rushed a stout old nurse from the next room , and seeing Tom likewise , made up her mind that he had come to rob , plunder , destroy , and burn ; and dashed at him , as he lay over the fender , so fast that she caught him by the jacket . But she did not hold him . Tom had been in a policeman 's hands many a time , and out of them too , what is more ; and he would have been ashamed to face his friends for ever if he had been stupid enough to be caught by an old woman ; so he doubled under the good lady 's arm , across the room , and out of the window in a moment . He did not need to drop out , though he would have done so bravely enough . Nor even to let himself down a spout , which would have been an old game to him ; for once he got up by a spout to the church roof , he said to take jackdaws ' eggs , but the policeman said to steal lead ; and , when he was seen on high , sat there till the sun got too hot , and came down by another spout , leaving the policemen to go back to the stationhouse and eat their dinners . But all under the window spread a tree , with great leaves and sweet white flowers , almost as big as his head . It was magnolia , I suppose ; but Tom knew nothing about that , and cared less ; for down the tree he went , like a cat , and across the garden lawn , and over the iron railings and up the park towards the wood , leaving the old nurse to scream murder and fire at the window . The under gardener , mowing , saw Tom , and threw down his scythe ; caught his leg in it , and cut his shin open , whereby he kept his bed for a week ; but in his hurry he never knew it , and gave chase to poor Tom . The dairymaid heard the noise , got the churn between her knees , and tumbled over it , spilling all the cream ; and yet she jumped up , and gave chase to Tom . A groom cleaning Sir John 's hack at the stables let him go loose , whereby he kicked himself lame in five minutes ; but he ran out and gave chase to Tom . Grimes upset the soot-sack in the new-gravelled yard , and spoilt it all utterly ; but he ran out and gave chase to Tom . The old steward opened the park-gate in such a hurry , that he hung up his pony 's chin upon the spikes , and , for aught I know , it hangs there still ; but he jumped off , and gave chase to Tom . The ploughman left his horses at the headland , and one jumped over the fence , and pulled the other into the ditch , plough and all ; but he ran on , and gave chase to Tom . The keeper , who was taking a stoat out of a trap , let the stoat go , and caught his own finger ; but he jumped up , and ran after Tom ; and considering what he said , and how he looked , I should have been sorry for Tom if he had caught him . Sir John looked out of his study window -LRB- for he was an early old gentleman -RRB- and up at the nurse , and a marten dropped mud in his eye , so that he had at last to send for the doctor ; and yet he ran out , and gave chase to Tom .
The Irishwoman , too , was walking up to the house to beg , -- she must have got round by some byway -- but she threw away her bundle , and gave chase XXXXX Tom likewise .
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