3432. All this
time, as almost a minute went by with me helpless in her grasp, I imagine she
was probably trying to decide what to do with me and unable to arrive at any
plan, like a cat that walks around absentmindedly with a mouse in its jaws.
Finally she began shaking me very violently back and forth, but then after a
while she let go.
3433. Then she
turned and walked away from me without saying anything, and the bell rang for
us to go to homeroom.
3434. But Mrs.
Hagner had not finished with me and I could see all day that she was thinking
about some appropriate way to punish me. I knew she was not going to try to
find out about the telescope; she was an old teacher and she knew all of our
tricks. If I took responsibility for her broken mirror, she knew it was because
I would adamantly deny any knowledge of the telescope.
3435. When the
last bell of the day rang out she allowed me to get almost through the door
before she called me back and had me sit down. I knew she was not going to let
me out that afternoon, but why she let me think I might possible escape was
most likely just a spiteful trick she had perfected over the years.
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