1 Every conversation of the cottagers now opened new wonders to me.
2 He has frequently conversed with me on mine, which I have communicated to him without disguise.
3 The mild exhortations of the old man and the lively conversation of the loved Felix were not for me.
4 Felix and Agatha spent more time in amusement and conversation, and were assisted in their labours by servants.
5 Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
6 During this conversation I had retired to a corner of the prison room, where I could conceal the horrid anguish that possessed me.
7 I found myself similar yet at the same time strangely unlike to the beings concerning whom I read and to whose conversation I was a listener.
8 It was apparent that my conversation had interested the father in my behalf, and I was a fool in having exposed my person to the horror of his children.
9 He sat up much longer, conversing with his father, and by the frequent repetition of her name I conjectured that their lovely guest was the subject of their conversation.
10 They conversed with one another through the means of an interpreter, and sometimes with the interpretation of looks; and Safie sang to him the divine airs of her native country.
11 Some conversation took place between him and his father, and the young stranger knelt at the old man's feet and would have kissed his hand, but he raised her and embraced her affectionately.
12 Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in discerning the sensations of others, declined the subject, alleging, in excuse, his total ignorance; and the conversation took a more general turn.
13 The resources of his mind on this occasion were truly astonishing: his conversation was full of imagination; and very often, in imitation of the Persian and Arabic writers, he invented tales of wonderful fancy and passion.
14 Such words, you may imagine, strongly excited my curiosity; but the paroxysm of grief that had seized the stranger overcame his weakened powers, and many hours of repose and tranquil conversation were necessary to restore his composure.
15 We passed a fortnight in these perambulations: my health and spirits had long been restored, and they gained additional strength from the salubrious air I breathed, the natural incidents of our progress, and the conversation of my friend.
16 Presently two countrymen passed by, but pausing near the cottage, they entered into conversation, using violent gesticulations; but I did not understand what they said, as they spoke the language of the country, which differed from that of my protectors.
17 My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.
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