22 This is the end of the excerpt, since we effectively leave the schoolroom from this point forward.
For the curious, here is a brief summary of the rest of the novel: The schoolmaster falls in love with Hannah, who, it turns out, is Shocky's sister. Their father is dead, and their saintly mother is locked up in the poorhouse under the most miserable conditions. The schoolmaster, falsely accused of robbery, is saved through the efforts of Bud Means. And it should be no surprise that by the end of the novel, the mother is joyously released from the poorhouse and reunited with her children, and Hannah and the schoolmaster are happily married.
For the curious, here is a brief summary of the rest of the novel: The schoolmaster falls in love with Hannah, who, it turns out, is Shocky's sister. Their father is dead, and their saintly mother is locked up in the poorhouse under the most miserable conditions. The schoolmaster, falsely accused of robbery, is saved through the efforts of Bud Means. And it should be no surprise that by the end of the novel, the mother is joyously released from the poorhouse and reunited with her children, and Hannah and the schoolmaster are happily married.