It was torturing to me to hear them talk of occurrences in which I had had no share.

When a most amiable person, with a highly polished bald head, asked me across the dinner table, if that were the first occasion of my seeing the grounds, I could have done anything to him that was savage and revengeful.
I don't remember who was there, except Dora.

I have not the least idea what we had for dinner, besides Dora.

My impression is, that I dined off Dora, entirely, and sent away half-a-dozen plates untouched.

I sat next to her.