I _must_ learn them somehow, and I can't--I really can't--learn them downstairs, Aunt Pike, with Anna whistling and hissing all the time; it is no use.

I have tried and tried, and I _must_ know them.

I wasn't setting the place on fire; it is quite safe.

I had stood the candle-stick in a basin.

I always do." "Always do! Do you mean to say that you are in the habit of reading in bed ?" "Yes," said Kitty honestly, "we always have.