All these he had takentakeand , with the help of the gilt rout chairs , light and easy to move , had mademakean elaborate cave in which he could hide himself from the Red Indians who were lurkinglurkbehind the curtains .
Towards the close of the eighteenth century and not long before my father camecometo Paleham , he had takentakea farm of about ninety acres , thus making a considerable rise in life .
On this stairway he had once seenseea manacled free negro shotshootwhile being takentakeupstairs for examination under a criminal charge .
However , he was not much disconcerted at that ; for when he had takentakea mouthful of bread and butter and was about to swallow a gulp of tea , the humour of the thing burstburstupon him with such irresistible force , that he was obliged to jumpjumpup from the table , and rushrushsnortingsnortand chokingchokefrom the room ; and a minute after , was heardhearscreamingscreamin fearful agony in the garden .
“ Why , my dear , you must know , Mrs. Long sayssaythat Netherfield is takentakeby a young man of large fortune from the north of England ; that he camecomedown on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place , and was so much delighted with it , that he agreedagreewith Mr. Morris immediately ; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas , and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week . ”
He ought now to have been at school ; but his mama had takentakehim home for a month or two , " on account of his delicate health . "
He had takentakeme aside one day and promisedpromiseme a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my " weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg " and let him know the moment he appeared .
In taking an occasional wisdom-giving stroll in Mrs. Todd ’s company , and in acting as business partner during her frequent absences , I found the July days fly fast , and it was not until I felt myself confrontedconfrontwith too great prideprideand pleasurepleasurein the displaydisplay, one night , of two dollars and twenty-seven cents which I had takentakein during the day , that I rememberedremembera long piece of writing , sadly belated now , which I was bound to do .
They too , poor things , had been takentakein -- they were actually stoppingstopat Speyer -- and they rather likedlikeHelen insistinginsistthat they must fly with us to Heidelberg .
She rappedrapdown the mustard pot on the table , and then she noticednoticethe overcoat and hat had been takentakeoff and putputover a chair in front of the fire , and a pair of wet boots threatenedthreatenrust to her steel fender .