Wherein the History Begins to Draw Towards a Conclusion
- When Squire Allworthy gets home, he finds Tom there.
- Squire Allworthy asks how he can make up for all of the problems he has caused Tom.
- Tom answers that just seeing his uncle again like this is enough.
- Tom says that he deserves all of the punishment he has gotten for his past mistakes.
- Squire Allworthy is pleased to hear that Tom is turning over a new leaf.
- Squire Allworthy lectures: the real problem with being wild and rowdy is that you make other people think you are worse than you are.
- It's important to be careful so that you can maintain your good reputation.
- Squire Allworthy assures Tom that, if he truly feels bad over his past mistakes, Squire Allworthy will never remind Tom of them.
- Tom sighs: he may not be a villain, but his past mistakes have lost him Sophia.
- Tom is bummed out that it looks like he'll never be able to fix this final failure.
- Squire Western arrives and asks to see Tom.
- Squire Allworthy meets with Squire Western first to give his nephew some time to pull himself together.
- As soon as Mrs. Miller finds out that Tom is alone, she runs in and congratulates him on patching things up with Squire Allworthy.
- She also sympathizes with him over Sophia.
- Mrs. Miller is impressed by Sophia's beauty, grace, and strength.
- She thinks Sophia might come around to Tom if he stays on the straight and narrow.
- Squire Western comes bursting in.
- He tells Tom they should let bygones be bygones.
- Tom agrees, and the two make up.
- Squire Western insists that Tom and Squire Allworthy come to tea.