It was Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid . And , when the truncheon saw her , it started bolt upright -- Attention ! -- and made such a low bow , that if it had not been full of the spirit of justice , it must have tumbled on its end , and probably hurt its one eye . And Tom made his bow too . `` Oh , ma'am , '' he said , `` do n't think about me ; that 's all past and gone , and good times and bad times and all times pass over . But may not I help poor Mr. Grimes ? May n't I try and get some of these bricks away , that he may move his arms ? '' `` You may try , of course , '' she said . So Tom pulled and tugged at the bricks : but he could not move one . And then he tried to wipe Mr. Grimes ' face : but the soot would not come off . `` Oh , dear ! '' he said . `` I have come all this way , through all these terrible places , to help you , and now I am of no use at all . '' `` You had best leave me alone , '' said Grimes ; `` you are a good-natured forgiving little chap , and that 's truth ; but you 'd best be off . The hail 's coming on soon , and it will beat the eyes out of your little head . '' `` What hail ? '' `` Why , hail that falls every evening here ; and , till it comes close to me , it 's like so much warm rain : but then it turns to hail over my head , and knocks me about like small shot . '' `` That hail will never come any more , '' said the strange lady . `` I have told you before what it was . It was your mother 's tears , those which she shed when she prayed for you by her bedside ; but your cold heart froze it into hail .
But she is gone to heaven now , and will weep no more XXXXX her graceless son . ''
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