Let that be understood at once." There was silence.

They heard the waters of the beck rushing over its stony channel.

For how many thousand years had the beck so murmured?
For how many thousand would it murmur still?
"As the eldest son," then observed Daniel, with his Oxford accent, and a sub-note of feeling, "I desire to say that my brother"-- he generously emphasised the word--"has expressed himself very well, in the spirit of a gentleman.

Perhaps I had better say no more at this moment.

We shall have other opportunities of--of considering this point." "Decidedly," remarked Alexander, who sat with legs crossed.