It had begunbeginin fact already upstairs and before the dressing glass that struckstrikehim as blocking further , so strangely , the dimness of the window of his dull bedroom ; begunbeginwith a sharper surveysurveyof the elements of Appearance than he had for a long time been moved to make .
The boy , Adam Ulysses Patch , became an inveterate joiner of clubs , connoisseur of good form , and driver of tandems -- at the astonishing age of twenty-six he beganbeginhis memoirs under the title " New York Society as I Have Seen It . "
“ You see , we do n’t like to take -- ” beganbeginLucy .
Cameron beganbeginhis day , gratefulgratefulfor the solitudesolitudethat was now unbroken , for the canyon-furrowed and cactus-spired scene that now showed no sign of life .
Miss Betsey , lookinglookround the room , slowly and inquiringly , beganbeginon the other side , and carriedcarryher eyes on , like a Saracen ’s Head in a Dutch clock , until they reachedreachmy mother .
" I know I do -- teaching those tiresome children nearly all day , when I 'm longing to enjoy myself at home , " beganbeginMeg , in the complainingcomplaintone again .
His father had been a day labourer , and he had himself begunbeginlife with no other capital than his good sense and good constitution ; now , however , there was a goodly show of timber about his yard , and a look of solid comfort over his whole establishment .