8. I looked around me for a long time, as if to carry away in my mind the image of the place I was never to see again.
9. Drawing the keys out from under my coat, I threw them down the well with all my might.
10. I should have liked to enjoy the sight a little longer, but I did not want the coach to start without me.
11. It is still too early for you to receive an answer.
12. For about twenty years he had been spending his time colouring illustrated newspapers.
13. Ah! the old fool! You should have seen with what a confident look he used to say that!
14. All these details about his uncle I only learnt afterwards.
15. As soon as I went into the house, I saw that, whatever she might say, my mother was not happy.
16. On hearing that I had a good situation, he opened his eyes wide.
17. The joy of seeing her son again had taken away the poor woman’s appetite.