U-p-up, adjective,
not down. S-q-u-double e-r-s-Squeers, noun substantive, a educator of
youth. Total, all up with Squeers!'
His running on, in this way, had afforded Ralph an opportunity of
recovering his presence of mind, which at once suggested to him
the necessity of removing, as far as possible, the schoolmaster's
misgivings, and leading him to believe that his safety and best policy
lay in the preservation of a rigid silence.
'I tell you, once again,' he said, 'they can't hurt you. You shall have
an action for false imprisonment, and make a profit of this, yet. We
will devise a story for you that should carry you through twenty times
such a trivial scrape as this; and if they want security in a thousand
pounds for your reappearance in case you should be called upon, you
shall have it. All you have to do is, to keep back the truth. You're a
little fuddled tonight, and may not be able to see this as clearly as
you would at another time; but this is what you must do, and you'll need
all your senses about you; for a slip might be awkward.'
'Oh!' said Squeers, who had looked cunningly at him, with his head stuck
on one side, like an old raven.
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