Concerning their state he knew nothing.

His acquaintance with Thetford was imperfect.

Whether he had left the city or had remained, he was wholly uninformed.
It became me to ascertain the truth in these respects.

I was preparing to offer my parting thanks to the person by whom I had been so highly benefited; since, as he now informed me, it was by his interposition that I was hindered from being enclosed alive in a coffin.

He was dubious of my true condition, and peremptorily commanded the followers of the hearse to desist.