We had a delightful trip in that thoroughly well-ordered steamer, and regretted that it was accomplished so speedily.

By means of diligence and activity, we managed to hunt out nearly all the old friends.

One was missing, however; he went to his reward, whatever it was, two years ago.

But I found out all about him.
His case helped me to realize how lasting can be the effect of a very trifling occurrence.

When he was an apprentice-blacksmith in our village, and I a schoolboy, a couple of young Englishmen came to the town and sojourned a while; and one day they got themselves up in cheap royal finery and did the Richard III swordfight with maniac energy and prodigious powwow, in the presence of the village boys.