Although I remember this conversation now, my head was in confusion at the time, and my power of attention hardly did more than enable me to understand that he entered into these particulars to divert me. With the same kind intention, manifestly, he often spoke to me of indifferent things, while his face was busy with the one object that we had in view. He still pursued this subject as we turned in at the garden-gate.

Although I remember this conversation now, my head was in confusion at the time. I understood, however, that he entered into these details to divert me. With the same kind intention, he spoke to me of indifferent things while we turned in at the garden-gate.
