Read these lines from the excerpt again: How she would throw herself upon him, and how her tears would fall like rain, and her lips pray Goc would lie there cold and white and make no sign—a poor little sufferer, whose griefs were at an end. These lines from the excerpt explicitly or directly state that Tom's aunt has O mistreated him O rescued him O apologized to him O forgiven him
Explanation: From the passage it says “her lips pray to God to give her back her boy and she would never, never abuse him any more!” Tom’s aunt abused him. Therefore the answer is mistreated him.
