“ My friend Blakeney , ” saidsayhe , addressingaddressthe old man , “ toldtellme I could be of service to you : be so kind then , dear Sir , as to point out some way in which I can relieve the anxiety of your heart and increase the pleasures of my own . ”
I toldtellyou to stay in the store and not to come out .
Therefore she diddoas she was toldtell, and diddoit with such nervous hands that her hair ( which was luxuriant and beautiful ) fellfallall about her face .
People toldtellthem what to see , when to see it , how to stop the electric trams , how to get rid of the beggars , how much to give for a vellum blotter , how much the place would grow upon them .
Her hand was radiantly outlined against her beautiful bosom ; then sinkingsinkher voice to a whisperwhisper, she toldtellthem of the apricot cordial .
“ They have accents , my dear , ” she toldtellAmory , “ not Southern accents or Boston accents , not an accent attached to any locality , just an accent ” -- she became dreamydreamy.
I have toldtellmy reader , in the preceding chapter , that Mr Allworthy inheritedinherita large fortune ; that he had a good heart , and no family .
Our guide toldtellus that boats could go from there to our camp -- but “ long way -- all day . ”
“ One day blue -- one day red -- one day green , ” he toldtellus , and pulledpullfrom his pouch another strip of bright-hued cloth .
— He ca n’t wear them , Buck Mulligan toldtellhis face in the mirror .
I was in the utmost astonishment , and roaredroarso loud , that they all ranrunback in a fright ; and some of them , as I was afterwards toldtell, were hurthurtwith the fallsfallthey got by leapingleapfrom my sides upon the ground .
That book was mademakeby Mr. Mark Twain , and he toldtellthe truth , mainly .
Then she toldtellme all about the bad place , and I saidsayI wished I was there .
Now she had got a start , and she wentgoon and toldtellme all about the good place .
The last story , however incomplete and like the mere opening of a serial , had been toldtell; we handshookhandshookand “ candlestuck , ” as somebody saidsay, and wentgoto bed .
Chapter 1 Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow comingcomedown along the road and this moocow that was comingcomedown along the road metmeeta nicens little boy named baby tuckoo ... His father toldtellhim that story : his father lookedlookat him through a glass : he had a hairy face .
His mother had toldtellhim not to speak with the rough boys in the college .
And his father had toldtellhim if he wanted anything to write home to him and , whatever he did , never to peach on a fellow .
He toldtellme it was men of desperate fortunes on one hand , or of aspiring , superior fortunes on the other , who went abroad upon adventures , to rise by enterprise , and make themselves famous in undertakings of a nature out of the common road ; that these things were all either too far above me or too far below me ; that mine was the middle state , or what might be called the upper station of low life , which he had found , by long experience , was the best state in the world , the most suited to human happiness , not exposed to the miseries and hardships , the labour and sufferings of the mechanic part of mankind , and not embarrassed with the pride , luxury , ambition , and envy of the upper part of mankind .
He toldtellme I might judge of the happiness of this state by this one thing — viz .
After this he pressedpressme earnestly , and in the most affectionate manner , not to play the young man , nor to precipitate myself into miseries which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no necessity of seeking my bread ; that he would do well for me , and endeavour to enter me fairly into the station of life which he had just been recommending to me ; and that if I was not very easy and happy in the world , it must be my mere fate or fault that must hinder it ; and that he should have nothing to answer for , having thus discharged his duty in warning me against measures which he knew would be to my hurt ; in a word , that as he would do very kind things for me if I would stay and settle at home as he directed , so he would not have so much hand in my misfortunes as to give me any encouragement to go away ; and to close all , he toldtellme I had my elder brother for an example , to whom he had used the same earnest persuasionspersuasionto keep him from going into the Low Country wars , but could not prevail , his young desires prompting him to runruninto the army , where he was killedkill; and though he saidsayhe would not cease to pray for me , yet he would venture to say to me , that if I did take this foolish step , God would not bless me , and I should have leisure hereafter to reflect upon having neglected his counsel when there might be none to assist in my recovery .
This put my mother into a great passionpassion; she toldtellme she knew it would be to no purpose to speak to my father upon any such subject ; that he knew too well what was my interest to give his consent to anything so much for my hurt ; and that she wonderedwonderhow I could think of any such thing after the discoursediscourseI had had with my father , and such kind and tender expressionsexpressionas she knew my father had used to me ; and that , in short , if I would ruin myself , there was no help for me ; but I might depend I should never have their consent to it ; that for her part she would not have so much hand in my destruction ; and I should never have it to say that my mother was willing when my father was not .
The redjacketed and dark - haired maiden seemed to think so too , for she carelessly glancedglanceover him , and toldtellher man to drive on .
III So , as toldtellin our camp , ran the fanciful story of the Moonstone .
When my convivial host discovereddiscoverthat he had toldtellme so much , and that I was prone to doubtfulness , his foolish pride assumed the tasktaskthe old vintage had commencedcommence, and so he unearthedunearthwritten evidence in the form of musty manuscript , and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative .
She only became more wistfully affectionateaffectionatethan ever in her expressionsexpression, and looked as disappointed as I expected when I frankly toldtellher that I could no longer enjoy the pleasure of what we called “ seein ’ folks . ”
I toldtellher she would find the nice things of London without the horrid streets that depress one so . ”
There was scant love between the savages and myself , -- it was answeranswerenough when I toldtellhim my name .