this moment to givegivethem a little sketch of the four sisters , who sat knittingknitaway in the twilight , while the December snowsnowfell quietly without , and the firefirecrackledcracklecheerfully within .
The yellow , mildewed pages of the diary of a man long dead , and the records of the Colonial Office dovetail perfectly with the narrative of my convivial host , and so I givegiveyou the story as I painstakingly pieced it out from these several various agencies .
In the reign of King John one of them was rich enough to givegivea manor to the Knights Hospitallers ; and in Edward the Second 's time your forefather Brian was summonedsummonto Westminster to attend the great Council there .