for Emil , she foundfindhim sitting on a step of the staircase that led up to the clothing and carpet department .
I foundfindmy smattering of German very useful here ; indeed , I do n't know how I should be able to get on without it .
I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula , as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps ; but I foundfindthat Bistritz , the post town named by Count Dracula , is a fairly well-known place .
_ -- I foundfindthat 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 .
Was n’t the old cat in a rage when she foundfindout ?
Ninth month : Promotedpromoteto sweeping out wards , where I foundfinda friend of my childhood in Lieutenant Thomas Beresford ( bow , Tommy ! )
He jumpedjumpout of the box , shookshakehimself , pickedpickout one or two straws that had foundfindtheir way into rents in his clothes , and , drawingdrawa well-worn cap over his uncombed locks , he was all ready for the business of the day .
The officer 's name I foundfindout -- by referringreferto the passengers ' lists -- was Good -- Captain John Good .
They had been talkingtalkabout wedding dresses , and wedding ceremonies ; and Captain Lennox , and what he had told Edith about her future life at Corfu , where his regiment was stationed ; and the difficulty of keeping a piano in good tune ( a difficulty which Edith seemed to consider as one of the most formidable that could befall her in her married life ) , and what gowns she should want in the visits to Scotland , which would immediately succeed her marriage ; but the whisperedwhispertone had latterly become more drowsydrowsy; and Margaret , after a pausepauseof a few minutes , foundfind, as she fancied , that in spite of the buzzbuzzin the next room , Edith had rolledrollherself up into a soft ball of muslin and ribbon , and silken curls , and gone off into a peaceful little after-dinner napnap.
Edith had rather objectedobjectto this arrangement , for Captain Lennox was expected to arrive by a late train this very evening ; but , although she was a spoiled child , she was too careless and idle to have a very strong will of her own , and gavegiveway when she foundfindthat her mother had absolutely orderedorderthose extra delicacies of the season which are always supposed to be efficacious against immoderate grief at farewell dinners .
' Helen had setsether heart upon an Indian shawl , but really when I foundfindwhat an extravagant price was asked , I was obliged to refuserefuseher .
There she foundfindby the half-extinguished firefirean iron saucepan filled with cold boiled potatoes , which she putputupon a broken chair with a pint-cup of ale .
On enteringenterthe parlour we foundfindthat honoured lady seated in her arm-chair at the fireside , workingworkaway at her knitting , according to her usual custom , when she had nothing else to do .
During the whole of a dull , dark , and soundless day in the autumn of the year , when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens , I had been passingpassalone , on horseback , through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length foundfindmyself , as the shades of the evening drew on , within view of the melancholy House of Usher .
The room in which I foundfindmyself was very large and lofty .
I often let my legs drop , and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone , and able to struggle no longer , I foundfindmyself within my depth ; and by this time the stormstormwas much abatedabate.
I attemptedattemptto rise , but was not able to stir : for , as I happened to lie on my back , I foundfindmy arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground ; and my hair , which was long and thick , tied down in the same manner .
I answeredanswerin a few words , but in the most submissive manner , liftingliftup my left hand , and both my eyes to the sun , as calling him for a witness ; and being almost famished with hunger , having not eaten a morsel for some hours before I leftleavethe ship , I foundfindthe demandsdemandof nature so strong upon me , that I could not forbear showingshowmy impatience ( perhaps against the strict rules of decency ) by puttingputmy finger frequently to my mouth , to signifysignifythat I wanted food .
They foundfindby my eatingeatthat a small quantity would not suffice me ; and being a most ingenious people , they slungslingup , with great dexterity , one of their largest hogsheads , then rolledrollit towards my hand , and beatbeatout the top ; I drankdrankit off at a draught , which I might well do , for it did not hold half a pint , and tasted like a small wine of Burgundy , but much more delicious .
His excellency , having mountedmounton the small of my right leg , advancedadvancedforwards up to my face , with about a dozen of his retinue ; and producingproducehis credentials under the signet royal , which he appliedapplyclose to my eyes , spokespeakabout ten minutes without any signs of anger , but with a kind of determinate resolution , often pointingpointforwards , which , as I afterwards foundfind, was towards the capital city , about half a mile distant ; whither it was agreedagreeby his majesty in council that I must be conveyed .
Now the way that the book winds up is this : Tom and me foundfindthe money that the robbers hidhidein the cave , and it mademakeus rich .
Men and women , too , who wished to purchase for their own use , had foundfindtheir way to the slave salesale.
P.S. Before turningturnin , I tiptoedtiptoethrough the corridor to make sure that all was right , and what do you think I foundfind?
CHAPTER I I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lostloseher mind , deserteddeserther domestic gods in the city , tooktakea furnished house for the summer out of town , and foundfindherself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous .
The arbutus was fragrantfragrantin the woods under the dead leaves , and on the way from the station , a short mile , while the car stuckstickin the mud , I foundfinda bank showeredshowerwith tiny forget-me-nots .
I was at Trinity , and I foundfindher at home on my comingcomedown the second summer .
At such a time I foundfindout for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard ; and that Philip Pirrip , late of this parish , and also Georgiana wife of the above , were dead and buried ; and that Alexander , Bartholomew , Abraham , Tobias , and Roger , infant children of the aforesaid , were also dead and buried ; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard , intersected with dikes and mounds and gates , with scattered cattle feedingfeedon it , was the marshes ; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river ; and that the distant savage lair from which the windwindwas rushing was the sea ; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraidafraidof it all and beginning to crycry, was Pip .
“ They have foundfinda hare , ” saidsaymy mother , “ and if they come this way we shall see the hunt . ”
She was close behind it when she turnedturnthe corner , but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen : she foundfindherself in a long , low hall , which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof .
Alice openedopenthe door and foundfindthat it led into a small passage , not much larger than a rat-hole : she kneltkneeldown and lookedlookalong the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw .
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door , so she wentgoback to the table , half hoping she might find another key on it , or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes : this time she foundfinda little bottle on it , [ ‘ which certainly was not here before , ’ saidsayAlice , ) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label , with the words ‘ DRINK ME ’ beautifully printed on it in large letters .
It was only at dusk , when the place was ours , and after General Baird himself had foundfindthe dead body of Tippoo under a heap of the slain , that Herncastle and I metmeet.
The camp-followers committed deplorable excessesexcess; and , worse still , the soldiers foundfindtheir way , by a guarded door , into the treasury of the Palace , and loadedloadthemselves with gold and jewels .
The picture that was foundfindon a bramble-bush , the new sensitive-plant , or tree , which caughtcatchthe swain by the upper-garment , and presentedpresentto his ravished eyes a portrait .
The room in which Mr. Pett foundfindhimself was small but cosy , and its cosiness -- oddly , considering the sex of its owner -- had that peculiar quality which belongs as a rule to the dens of men .
He had longedlongfor the quiet and the coolness and the solitude of his library , apart from everybody ; and when he foundfindit radiant with firelight , tea set on the table , and Lucilla cryingcryby the firefire, in her new crape , the effect upon a temper by no means perfect may be imagined .
But when a moment later Mrs. Sutton Bailey was announcedannounce, he turnedturnto her , and Mr. Denham foundfindhimself sitting silent , rejectingrejectpossible things to say , beside Katharine , who was silent too .
And so , as Cameron began to respondrespondto the influence of a desert less lonely than habitual , he began to take keener notenoteof his comrade , and foundfindhim different from any other he had ever encountered in the wilderness .
Now obey my orders , and take the message I 'm going to charge ' ee wi ' ... Well , Fred , I do n't mind tellingtellyou that the secret is that I 'm one of a noble race -- it has been just foundfindout by me this present afternoon , P.M. " And as he made the announcementannouncement, Durbeyfield , decliningdeclinefrom his sitting position , luxuriously stretchedstretchhimself out upon the bank among the daisies .
He was at that time a very young man , just engaged in the study of the law ; and Elizabeth foundfindhim extremely agreeable , and every plan in his favour was confirmedconfirm.