Pulls down ninety thousand a year , and if he 's thirty-five I 'll -- " " Well , you askedaskmy advice , " interruptedinterrupthis mother 's voicevoicewith that muffled effect which is caused by a skirt being slipped over the head , " and I gavegiveit .
Margaret heardhearher aunt 's voicevoiceagain , but this time it was as if she had raised herself up from her half-recumbent position , and were looking into the more dimly lighted back drawing-room .
And then , for a moment , all is still , and all is silent save the voicevoiceof the clock .
Upon the afternoon of which I now speakspeak, in the midsummer of the year of grace 1621 , as I sat upon my doorstep , my long pipe between my teeth and my eyes upon the pallid stream below , my thoughtsthoughtwere busy with these matters , -- so busy that I did not see a horse and rider emergeemergefrom the dimness of the forest into the cleared space before my palisade , nor knew , until his voicevoicecamecomeup the bank , that my good friend , Master John Rolfe , was without and would speak to me .