the first tea up there -- separate from her father and aunt , who were diningdiningsomewhere down below an infinite depth of stairs ; for unless she were up in the sky ( the child thoughtthink) , they must be deep down in the bowels of the earth .
The caul was wonwin, I recollectrecollect, by an old lady with a hand-basket , who , very reluctantly , producedproducefrom it the stipulated five shillings , all in halfpence , and twopence halfpenny short -- as it took an immense time and a great waste of arithmetic , to endeavour without any effect to prove to her .
I recollectrecollectthat , when a stripling , my first exploitexploitin squirrel-shooting was in a grove of tall walnut-trees that shades one side of the valley .