" Sir John d'Urberville -- that 's who I am , " continuedcontinuethe prostrate man .
I was interested to notenotethat the tracks of the pursuingpursuehorsemen , for such I was now convinced they must be , continuedcontinueafter Powell with only a brief stopstopat the hole for water ; and always at the same rate of speed as his .
“ What I mean , ” he continuedcontinue, “ is that you can have our rooms , and we ’ll have yours .
“ Half an hour later , ” continuedcontinuethe sergeant , “ up comescomea captain of the guard with a squad of some dozen soldiers with him .
An ' I reckon , " continuedcontinuethe undertaker solemnly , his glanceglanceunconsciously seekingseeka row of fine caskets standing against the wall , -- " I reckon he 'll soon be goin ' de way er all de earth .
" Now , look here , my lad , " he continuedcontinue, " some boys are born stupid , and thou art one of them ; some achieve stupidity -- that 's thee again , Jim -- thou wast both born stupid and hast greatly increased thy birthright -- and some " ( and here came a climaxclimaxduring which the boy 's head and ear were swayedswayfrom side to side ) " have stupidity thrust upon them , which , if it please the Lord , shall not be thy case , my lad , for I will thrust stupidity from thee , though I have to box thine ears in doing so , " but I did not see that the old man really did box Jim 's ears , or do more than pretendpretendto frighten him , for the two understood one another perfectly well .
continuedcontinuehe , waxingwaxwarm , " if old Pontifex had had Cromwell 's chances he would have done all that Cromwell did , and have done it better ; if he had had Giotto 's chances he would have done all that Giotto did , and done it no worse ; as it was , he was a village carpenter , and I will undertake to say he never scamped a job in the whole course of his life . "
“ Any nook does for me , ” Miss Bartlett continuedcontinue; “ but it does seem hard that you should n’t have a view . ”
As soon as I reachedreachcomparatively level ground I urgedurgemy mount into a canter and continuedcontinuethis , where the going permitted , until , close upon dusk , I discovereddiscoverthe point where other tracks joined those of Powell .
“ Not seen you for simply centuries , ” continuedcontinuethe young man .
“ Did you not notice her ? ” continuedcontinueMontraville : “ she had on a blue bonnet , and with a pair of lovely eyes of the same colour , has contrived to make me feel devilish odd about the heart . ”