My mother never did. ----In short, she went out of the world at last without knowing whether it turned _round_, or stood _still_. ----My father had officiously told her above a thousand times which way it was, --but she always forgot.

My mother never did. She went out of the world at last without knowing whether it turned round, or stood still. My father had officiously told her a thousand times which way it was, but she always forgot.
