It was not long before an opportunity presented itself

15. I first admired it from afar, in quite a disinterested fashion ;

after which, I must confess, I had a mind to touch it.

16. The shell was scarcely in his hand, when he heard his mother

calling him.

17. Run away as fast as you can, if you do not wish them to catch

you.

18. When I had looked at it in evcry light and shown it to my

friends, I soon grew weary of it.