Tongueflower

He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaida Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimoni- al grievances, but simply because he forgot him.

Gorillasplash

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me!

Geckocalico

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Markmercury.

And with that he went off to see my father, taking me with him by the arm.

The sun set; the dusk fell on the stream, and lights began to appear along the shore. The Chapman light–house, a three–legged thing erect on a mud–flat, shone strongly.