round 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 .
“ You see , we do n’t like to take -- ” beganbeginLucy .
" 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 .
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 . "
“ By gosh , a man might do worse than locate that Native Son for a silver mine , ” Cal beganbegin, eyeingeyethe interloper scornfully .
Cameron beganbeginhis day , gratefulgratefulfor the solitudesolitudethat was now unbroken , for the canyon-furrowed and cactus-spired scene that now showed no sign of life .