We all reached Pernambuco the day before yesterday.

Indeed, if it were not for them, and the assistance they gave me, I would not be here now.

No one recognized me, fortunately, and--I hope you will not be vexed--I passed as Mr.Verity's niece.

In fact, I took your place for the time." A notable feature of the De Sylva utterance was its clearness.
Carmela's concluding words could not possibly be mistaken for anything else.

Their meaning, on the other hand, was capable of varying shades of significance; but Iris was far too amazed to seek depths beneath their literalness.
"If Mr.Verity and Mr.Bulmer are in Brazil----" she began tremulously, but Carmela broke in with a shrill laugh.
"There is no 'if.' Look below there, near my father's tent! They have arrived.