text:  He would go into a fit with fear and was often unconscious for hours. It was an ugly story. And I'm glad to say with the death of the sandpit man, the miserable part of the children's life ended. The sandpit man violated a lamb. Bones tear your flesh. Look, he's just the gentlest hearted beast out, and there's not a puppy in the kennel nor a child in the village who does not know this and impose on him shamefully.