'No,' said Lucy; 'the pear is fairly mine; you asked me which I would

have, and I said the right
'No,' said Lucy; 'the pear is fairly mine; you asked me which I would
have, and I said the right.'

'Well, then,' said he, 'the first thing is for you, Rollo, to go over

the other side of the brook, and you, James, to stay here, and both to
sit down still, until you have had time to cool
'Well, then,' said he, 'the first thing is for you, Rollo, to go over
the other side of the brook, and you, James, to stay here, and both to
sit down still, until you have had time to cool.'

They had been travelling for half-an-hour when they reached a field in

which Durwent saw two companies of his battalion drawn up in the form
of a hollow square
They had been travelling for half-an-hour when they reached a field in
which Durwent saw two companies of his battalion drawn up in the form
of a hollow square. Faint with shame, staggering under the hideous
cruelty of the whole thing, he was marched into the centre and ordered
to take a pace forward, while the commanding officer read the sentence
of court-martial to the men: that Private Sherwood, being found guilty
of drunkenness while on guard--it being further proved that he had
obtained unlawful possession of the liquor--was to be shot at dawn, and
that the sentence would be carried out the following morning.

That the professional player improved the game itself goes without

saying as being a business with him instead of a pastime, and one upon
which his daily bread depended, he went into it with his whole soul,
developing its beauties in a way that was impossible to the amateur who
could only give to it the time that he could spare after the business
hours of the day
That the professional player improved the game itself goes without
saying as being a business with him instead of a pastime, and one upon
which his daily bread depended, he went into it with his whole soul,
developing its beauties in a way that was impossible to the amateur who
could only give to it the time that he could spare after the business
hours of the day.

[Footnote 1: So, too, with the style of Congreve

[Footnote 1: So, too, with the style of Congreve. It is much, and
justly, admired; but who does not feel more than a touch of mannerism in
such a passage as this?--