Give me a good hug, David--and think of the time when you will be a partner in the business." Ah! what a woman she was! Look as you may, my young friends, you will not find the like of her now.
Jack Straw was the one person up and stirring when the coach stopped the next morning at the door.

I expected to be amused--but there was no reckoning with Jack.

His farewell words literally frightened me.
"I say!" he whispered, as I hurried into the hall, "there's one thing I want to ask you before you go." "Be quick about it, Jack." "All right, David.

I had a talk with Minna yesterday, about Mr.Keller's illness.

Is it true that he was cured out of the blue-glass bottle ?" "Perfectly true.
"Look here, David! I have been thinking of it all night.