I was greatly astonished, and did not attempt to conceal my feelings.

Martens had not attended a single one of our meetings before the afternoon on which he was elected.

I found the whole thing quite incomprehensible.

However, in our state of society, it is not difficult to get to know anything if you only give yourself the trouble to make a few inquiries; and so I soon got a clear knowledge that the person who had got up the whole thing was the dean.

So one day I called upon him." "No! I never heard of that!" cried Rachel.