There was much to be considered on each side.

In the latter case more efficient work could be obtained; but in the former, in case one of them should suddenly leave, or go away for a day out, the other could do all the work.

It was very pleasant to Mrs.Block to sit in a comfortable arm-chair and gaze thus into the future.

Sometimes she looked up into the water above, and sometimes out into the water ahead, but she could see nothing.

But in the alluring expanse of her fancied future she could see anything which she chose to put there.
Sammy, however, did not increase in flesh; in fact, he grew thinner.
Nothing important in regard to the Pole, Rovinski, had occurred, but of course something would occur; otherwise why did the Pole come on board the Dipsey?
Endless conjectures as to what Rovinski would do when he did anything, and when he would begin to do it, kept the good Samuel awake during many hours when he should have been soundly sleeping.