I had wanderedwanderinto it at noontime , when all nature is peculiarly quiet , and was startledstartledby the roarroarof my own gun , as it brokebreakthe Sabbath stillness around and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoesecho.
It was not till almost a year after this that I brokebreakloose , though , in the meantime , I continued obstinately deaf to all proposals of settling to business , and frequently expostulated with my father and mother about their being so positively determined against what they knew my inclinations prompted me to .
“ Surely she could learn Persian , ” brokebreakin a thin , elderly gentleman .
In this instance I was , of course , positive that Powell was the center of attraction , but whether I thought or acted first I do not know , but within an instant from the moment the scene brokebreakupon my view I had whippedwhipout my revolvers and was chargingchargedown upon the entire army of warriors , shootingshootrapidly , and whoopingwhoopingat the top of my lungs .