`` And you never owned up in the club . '' `` I forgot , '' said Carl . `` Besides , I did n't think any harm came of it . I did n't know she jarred her legs . But I 'm to be whipped and that will make things square . '' `` Will it hurt -- very much ? '' said Una , slipping her hand into Carl 's . `` Oh , not so much , I guess , '' said Carl gamely . `` Anyhow , I 'm not going to cry , no matter how much it hurts . It would make father feel so bad , if I did . He 's all cut up now . I wish I could whip myself hard enough and save him doing it . '' After supper , at which Carl had eaten little and Mr. Meredith nothing at all , both went silently into the study . The switch lay on the table . Mr. Meredith had had a bad time getting a switch to suit him . He cut one , then felt it was too slender . Carl had done a really indefensible thing . Then he cut another -- it was far too thick . After all , Carl had thought the eel was dead . The third one suited him better ; but as he picked it up from the table it seemed very thick and heavy -- more like a stick than a switch .
`` Hold out your hand , '' he said XXXXX Carl .
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