He continued to make light of it, but I travelled with him as far as I could, and left him most unwillingly.

I am unable to shake off these dark intangible presentiments of evil--if feelings founded upon staring facts are to be so called." 'Again and again,' said Jasper, in conclusion, twirling the leaves of the book before putting it by, 'I have relapsed into these moods, as other entries show.

But I have now your assurance at my back, and shall put it in my book, and make it an antidote to my black humours.' 'Such an antidote, I hope,' returned Mr.Crisparkle, 'as will induce you before long to consign the black humours to the flames.

I ought to be the last to find any fault with you this evening, when you have met my wishes so freely; but I must say, Jasper, that your devotion to your nephew has made you exaggerative here.' 'You are my witness,' said Jasper, shrugging his shoulders, 'what my state of mind honestly was, that night, before I sat down to write, and in what words I expressed it.

You remember objecting to a word I used, as being too strong?
It was a stronger word than any in my Diary.' 'Well, well.