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Then you are under authority. You are bound to obey me. Am I? I don't recognize you as having any authority over me. Evidently you have a good deal to learn. Once more, will you obey me? Once more, I won't, returned Robert firmly The most of Hong Kong. [Pg 31] You will be sorry for your disobedience. You haven't seen the end of this. He turned and walked back to the house, feeling with mortification that he had been worsted in this first encounter with his step-son. I'd like to flog that boy within an inch of his life, he muttered spitefully. I—I wish I dared to grapple with him. Robert and his step-father didn't meet at dinner or supper, as the latter had to go away on business. Mother, said Robert, do you wish me to take Mr. Webber's place at the woodpile? No, Robert. It was Mr. Talbot's idea. He thought it would be healthful exercise for you food test. Why not for him? I will try to get him off the idea. It makes no difference. He can't make me do it, though he threatened me with a stick this morning. Surely he did not strike you? said his mother nervously. No, I guess not. He did not dare to. It so happened that James Talbot did not reach home till a late hour in the evening, when Robert was already in bed. He went upstairs softly, as[Pg 32]certained from Robert's regular breathing that he was sound asleep, then taking the key from the lock inside, locked the door from the outside, and went downstairs with a smile. When the boy wakes up, he will find himself a prisoner, he said. I shall get even with him, after all. CHAPTER IV. MR. TALBOT IS MYSTIFIED. Robert slept soundly, and didn't wake till near breakfast-time. He jumped out of bed and hastily dressed himself. Then he went to the door of his chamber, and tried to open it. To his surprise, he found himself unable to do so. For the first time he noticed that the key was not in the lock. What does this mean? he asked himself SmarTone online shop . He peered through the key-hole and detected the key sticking in from the other side of the door. This is Mr. Talbot's work, he decided. What does he expect to gain by it?