1 By the by, I mean to lecture you a little upon their account myself.
2 I read merely to understand their meaning, and they well repaid my labours.
3 In the mean time I worked on, and my labour was already considerably advanced.
4 A servant in Geneva does not mean the same thing as a servant in France and England.
5 Overjoyed at this discovery, he hastened to the house, which was situated in a mean street near the Reuss.
6 I do not know what you mean," replied my brother, in accents of wonder, "but to us the discovery we have made completes our misery.
7 Yet she was meanly dressed, a coarse blue petticoat and a linen jacket being her only garb; her fair hair was plaited but not adorned: she looked patient yet sad.
8 Agatha, the ever-gentle Agatha, kissed the hands of the lovely stranger, and pointing to her brother, made signs which appeared to me to mean that he had been sorrowful until she came.
9 Soon after, however, Felix approached with another man; I was surprised, as I knew that he had not quitted the cottage that morning, and waited anxiously to discover from his discourse the meaning of these unusual appearances.
10 This benefit was fully repaid; Justine was the most grateful little creature in the world: I do not mean that she made any professions I never heard one pass her lips, but you could see by her eyes that she almost adored her protectress.