I had very few friends, and no one came to see me except my uncle, who was always very kind, but always in a desperate hurry.

I stayed there until I was seventeen.

Then my uncle came and fetched me, and brought me straight here.

Now that is exactly what my life has been.

What do you think of it ?" "Very dull indeed," he answered, frankly.
She nodded.
"I have never been in London at all," she continued.