This young lady talked incessantly, and fired her words after the manner of a Gatling gun, without taking aim at anybody in particular.

Sometimes she may have been talking to me, but, as she did not direct her gaze towards me on such occasions, I did not feel bound to consider any suppositions in regard to the matter.
I, of course, was the principal object of general attention.

They wanted to know what I really thought of Billy Marshall as a scholar.
They wanted to know if I would have some more.

They wanted to know if I had had any previous experience with bears.

The father asked which I thought it would be easier to manage, a boy or a bear.