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NO sleep did Tad get that night, tired though he was. He was thinking / so hard that he could not close his eyes. Things had come to a climax / at last, and something must be done. His stepmother and he hated each / other cordially, and his efforts to stand up for the children only made / matters worse both for himself and them.
There were only two courses open to Tad now, and to one of these he / must commit himself on the following day. Either he must eat humble / pie, submit his will entirely to his stepmother, and have no choice / of his own in anything, or he must go quite away, away as far as he / could-and try to shift for himself.