1. "Well ma'am, she will soon be quite comfortable, I hope," returned Mr. Chillip. 2. Peggotty seemed to take this aspersion very much to heart, I thought. 3. The heartiness of the ejaculation start- / led Mr. Dick exceedingly; and me, too, if I am to tell the truth. 4. "I don't know anything about it," said my aunt ... "I can't say, I am sure ..." (Dickens). 5. Would you wish me to shave my head and black my face... or something of that sort? I dare say, you would, Peggotty. I dare say, you'd quite enjoy it. (Dickens). 6. Mrs. Ar-buthnot: Are you talking of the child you abandoned? Of the child who, as far as you are concerned, might have died of hunger and of want? (Wilde). 7. Hector: The truth is, I made it [the anecdote] up foryou. ... (Shaw).