that my landlord had got a letter from the Count , directing him to secure the best place on the coach for me ; but on making inquiriesinquiryas to details he seemed somewhat reticent , and pretendedpretendthat he could not understand my German .
She pretendedpretendthat she was making a flower-bed , and she stuckstickbig scarlet hibiscus blossoms into little heaps of earth , all the time growing more and more angryangryand mutteringmutterto herself the things she would say and the names she would call Saidie when she returned .
And here he proceeded to give a particular accountaccountof his sport , and the respective traits of prowess evinced by the badger and the dogs ; my mother pretendingpretendto listen with deep attention , and watchingwatchhis animated countenance with a degree of maternal admiration I thoughtthinkhighly disproportioned to its object .
The very parts which made Margaret glowglowas she listenedlisten, Edith pretendedpretendto shiver and shudder at ; partly for the pleasurepleasureshe had in being coaxedcoaxout of her dislike by her fond lover , and partly because anything of a gipsy or make-shift life was really distasteful to her .
I pretendpretendnot to give you advice ; you , to whose generous protection this helpless orphan is indebted for every thing , are the best and only judge of what she ought to do ; but I am much concerned at the trouble and uneasiness which this unworthy woman may occasion you .
" 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 .