He cried when he had to climb the dark flues , rubbing his poor knees and elbows raw ; and when the soot got into his eyes , which it did every day in the week ; and when his master beat him , which he did every day in the week ; and when he had not enough to eat , which happened every day in the week likewise . And he laughed the other half of the day , when he was tossing halfpennies with the other boys , or playing leap-frog over the posts , or bowling stones at the horses ' legs as they trotted by , which last was excellent fun , when there was a wall at hand behind which to hide . As for chimney-sweeping , and being hungry , and being beaten , he took all that for the way of the world , like the rain and snow and thunder , and stood manfully with his back to it till it was over , as his old donkey did to a hail - storm ; and then shook his ears and was as jolly as ever ; and thought of the fine times coming , when he would be a man , and a master sweep , and sit in the public-house with a quart of beer and a long pipe , and play cards for silver money , and wear velveteens and ankle-jacks , and keep a white bull-dog with one gray ear , and carry her puppies in his pocket , just like a man . And he would have apprentices , one , two , three , if he could . How he would bully them , and knock them about , just as his master did to him ; and make them carry home the soot sacks , while he rode before them on his donkey , with a pipe in his mouth and a flower in his button-hole , like a king at the head of his army . Yes , there were good times coming ; and , when his master let him have a pull at the leavings of his beer , Tom was the jolliest boy in the whole town . One day a smart little groom rode into the court where Tom lived . Tom was just hiding behind a wall , to heave half a brick at his horse 's legs , as is the custom of that country when they welcome strangers ; but the groom saw him , and halloed to him to know where Mr. Grimes , the chimney-sweep , lived . Now , Mr. Grimes was Tom 's own master , and Tom was a good man of business , and always civil to customers , so he put the half-brick down quietly behind the wall , and proceeded to take orders . Mr. Grimes was to come up next morning to Sir John Harthover 's , at the Place , for his old chimney-sweep was gone to prison , and the chimneys wanted sweeping . And so he rode away , not giving Tom time to ask what the sweep had gone to prison for , which was a matter of interest to Tom , as he had been in prison once or twice himself . Moreover , the groom looked so very neat and clean , with his drab gaiters , drab breeches , drab jacket , snow-white tie with a smart pin in it , and clean round ruddy face , that Tom was offended and disgusted at his appearance , and considered him a stuck-up fellow , who gave himself airs because he wore smart clothes , and other people paid for them ; and went behind the wall to fetch the half - brick after all ; but did not , remembering that he had come in the way of business , and was , as it were , under a flag of truce . His master was so delighted at his new customer that he knocked Tom down out of hand , and drank more beer that night than he usually did in two , in order to be sure of getting up in time next morning ; for the more a man 's head aches when he wakes , the more glad he is to turn out , and have a breath of fresh air . And , when he did get up at four the next morning , he knocked Tom down again , in order to teach him -LRB- as young gentlemen used to be taught at public schools -RRB- that he must be an extra good boy that day , as they were going to a very great house , and might make a very good thing of it , if they could but give satisfaction . And Tom thought so likewise , and , indeed , would have done and behaved his best , even without being knocked down . For , of all places upon earth , Harthover Place -LRB- which he had never seen -RRB- was the most wonderful , and , of all men on earth , Sir John -LRB- whom he had seen , having been sent to gaol by him twice -RRB- was the most awful . Harthover Place was really a grand place , even for the rich North country ; with a house so large that in the frame-breaking riots , which Tom could just remember , the Duke of Wellington , and ten thousand soldiers to match , were easily housed therein ; at least , so Tom believed ; with a park full of deer , which Tom believed to be monsters who were in the habit of eating children ; with miles of game-preserves , in which Mr. Grimes and the collier lads poached at times , on which occasions Tom saw pheasants , and wondered what they tasted like ; with a noble salmon-river , in which Mr. Grimes and his friends would have liked to poach ; but then they must have got into cold water , and that they did not like at all . In short , Harthover was a grand place , and Sir John a grand old man , whom even Mr. Grimes respected ; for not only could he send Mr. Grimes to prison when he deserved it , as he did once or twice a week ; not only did he own all the land about for miles ; not only was he a jolly , honest , sensible squire , as ever kept a pack of hounds , who would do what he thought right by his neighbours , as well as get what he thought right for himself ; but , what was more , he weighed full fifteen stone , was nobody knew how many inches round the chest , and could have thrashed Mr. Grimes himself in fair fight , which very few folk round there could do , and which , my dear little boy , would not have been right for him to do , as a great many things are not which one both can do , and would like very much to do . So Mr. Grimes touched his hat to him when he rode through the town , and called him a `` buirdly awd chap , '' and his young ladies `` gradely lasses , '' which are two high compliments in the North country ; and thought that that made up for his poaching Sir John 's pheasants ; whereby you may perceive that Mr. Grimes had not been to a properly-inspected Government National School . Now , I dare say , you never got up at three o'clock on a midsummer morning .
Some people get up then XXXXX they want to catch salmon ; and some because they want to climb Alps ; and a great many more because they must , like Tom .
So as at because by for if over to without