Sentence:  "O, don't--oh, ye mustn't l” said Tom, grasping his hand; “he's a poor <WSD>misable</WSD> crittur ! it's wrul to hink on't! O, if he only could repent, the Lord would forgive him now! but I'm 'feared he never will!" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  miserable.