1. I shuddered, and my ears tingled. 2. The little girl's mother had been dead for more than six months. 3. I could stand it no longer, and, without caring whether anyone could see me, I rushed through the garden. 4. Where was he to find the money he wanted? He felt he was done for. 5. I got up, and, with the resolute step of a man who has just come to an irrevocable decision, I went back to the station. 6. When you receive this letter your poor brother will be dead. 7. There is a good deal more I could say to you, but I have no time. 8. Tell them that he fell from the top of a cliff, or else that he was drowned whilst skating. 9. I beg your pardon for all the trouble I am giving you. 10. When you come to the bridge, apply to the first person you meet. 11. The usher walked up and down until everybody was asleep. 12. Some one was stealing slowly along under cover of the walls. 13. A moonbeam was shining full upon the big iron ring. 14. I have been doing nothing but think of it for hours. 15. Taking the old stool, he got up on it and made a slip knot.
1. That's a queer idea, to practise on the trapeze at this time of night! 2. Come up to my rooms; there is a fire there, and it is very comfortable. 3. My friend has been dismissed, which, by the way, is a great stroke of luck for him. 4. If you take my advice, you will start at once, without waiting till your week's notice is up. 5. I myself will lend you the money that you wanted to borrow from that scoundrel. 6. Now not one word more! I do not want you to thank me. 7. "How comfortable I am here!" he said, opening his eyes. 8. As soon as I began to thank him, he literally turned me out of doors. 9. The boys were not yet in the playground by the time I was already working hard in my room. 10. The good man was busy counting gold coins, which he carefully put in a row in little heaps. 11. My brother has not to draw lots for six years, and who knows what may happen between now and then? 12. I am much afraid you will be a child all your life. 13. What confidence can you have in him, half mad as he is? 14. Have you not your seat to book? Make haste, or you will be late. 15. The abbé could not help casting a glance round the room, and what he saw made him shudder.