Thus interrupting herself, the housekeeper rose, and proceeded to lay aside her sewing; but I felt incapable of moving from the hearth, and I was very far from nodding. "Sit still, Mrs. Dean," I cried; "do sit still another half-hour. You've done just right to tell the story leisurely. That is the method I like; and you must finish it in the same style. I am interested in every character you have mentioned, more or less."

Thus interrupting herself, the housekeeper rose; but I felt very far from sleeping.
'Do sit another half-hour,' I cried. 'I like to hear the story told leisurely: I am interested in every character.'
