1. “Everybody who makes the kind of blunder I did should apologize,” he remarked with a pronounced nodding of his head. 2. Rachel had become aware of the fact that she was talking loudly. 3. He took after his blond father, who had been a painter. Rosa took after her dark-haired mother, who had been a Fabian. 4. What we are interested in, as author and reader, is the fact that publishing in England is now an integral part of big business. 5. The invalid whose strength was now sufficiently restored, threw off his coat, and rushed towards the sea, with the intention of plunging in, and dragging the drowning man ashore. 6. He was suddenly reminded of the crumpled money he had snatched from the table and burned in the sink. 7. Georgie, who is now twenty-six, had been an undergraduate at Cambridge, where she had taken a degree in economics. 8. He would speak for hours about them to Harry Esmond; and, indeed, he could have chosen few subjects more likely to interest the unhappy young man, whose heart was now as always devoted to these ladies; and who was thankful to all who loved them, or praised them, or wished them well. 9. I hardly know why I came to the conclusion that you don’t consider it an altogether fortunate attachment.