" I wonderwonderwhether the little scamp will prove honest , " saidsayMr. Greyson to himself , as he walkedwalkaway .
While my aunt was ladlingladleout my stirabout he saidsay, as if returning to some former remark of his : “ No , I would n’t say he was exactly ... but there was something queer ... there was something uncanny about him .
But Mrs. Shaw saidsaythat her only child should marry for love , -- and sighedsighemphatically , as if love had not been her motive for marrying the General .
saidsayshe , ' I think we shall all be sorry to leave this dear old room . '
“ I have , at least , a well-polished , silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me , ” saidsayhe .
“ I think , ” saidsayI , followingfollowas far as I could the methods of my companion , “ that Dr. Mortimer is a successful , elderly medical man , well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation . ”
“ Interesting , though elementary , ” saidsayhe as he returnedreturnto his favourite corner of the settee .
When I saidsaythat you stimulated me I meantmean, to be frank , that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth .
“ As to the latter part , I have no means of checking you , ” saidsayI , “ but at least it is not difficult to find out a few particulars about the man ’s age and professional career . ”
“ No mention of that local hunt , Watson , ” saidsayHolmes with a mischievous smilesmile, “ but a country doctor , as you very astutely observedobserve.
As to the adjectives , I saidsay, if I remember right , amiable , unambitious , and absent-minded .
They saidsaythat even the short Channel crossing might well kill the poor thing .
And yet , only this afternoon , talkingtalkover the whole matter she saidsayto me : " Once I triedtryto have a lover but I was so sick at the heart , so utterly worn out that I had to sendsendhim away . "
Between us there was , as I have already saidsaysomewhere , the bond of the sea .
“ And this also , ” saidsayMarlow suddenly , “ has been one of the dark places of the earth . ”
No one took the trouble to grunt even ; and presently he saidsay, very slow -- “ I was thinkingthinkof very old times , when the Romans first came here , nineteen hundred years ago -- the other day ... .
There were the father and son , -- both hands , as I saidsay, in one of Kirby & John 's mills for making railroad-iron , -- and Deborah , their cousin , a picker in some of the cotton-mills .
“ Good-night , Deb , ” saidsayone , a mulatto , steadyingsteadyherself against the gas-post .
“ Inteet , Deb , if hur 'll come , hur 'll hef fun , ” saidsaya shrill Welsh voice in the crowd .
‘ It ’s time you should be doing something else , Fergus , ’ saidsayI , as soon as a momentary pausepausein his narrationnarrationallowed me to get in a word .
‘ Now take your tea , ’ saidsayshe ; ‘ and I ’ll tell you what I ’ve been doing .
‘ And pray , be quick about it ; and mind you bring me word how much sugar she puts in her tea , and what sort of caps and aprons she wears , and all about it ; for I do n’t know how I can live till I know , ’ saidsayFergus , very gravely .
he saidsay; and silently handedhandhis glass to old Sillerton Jackson .
PART ONE Chapter I : The Bertolini “ The Signora had no business to do it , ” saidsayMiss Bartlett , “ no business at all .
saidsayLucy , who had been further saddenedsaddenby the Signora ’s unexpected accent .
“ This meat has surely been used for soup , ” saidsayMiss Bartlett , layinglaydown her fork .
The first vacant room in the front -- ” “ You must have it , ” saidsayMiss Bartlett , part of whose travelling expenses were paidpayby Lucy ’s mother -- a piece of generositygenerosityto which she made many a tactful allusion .