“Little kitten,” I say,
“Just an hour you may stay.”
“May Heaven look down,” the old man cries,
“Upon my son and on his ship.”
When double inverted commas are used for an ordinary quotation, a quotation within a quotation is marked by single inverted commas; thus,
Miriam sang, “The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil.’”
Exercise 42.
Place all direct quotations within inverted commas.
Mr. Brocklehurst said When I asked him which he would rather have, a gingerbread nut to eat or a verse of a Psalm to learn he says Oh the verse of a Psalm: angels sing Psalms. He continued, On her return she exclaimed Oh, dear Papa, how quiet and plain all the girls at Lowood look. I shall remember I said how you thrust me back though I cried out Have mercy! Have mercy, Aunt Reed. The father said Remember the proverb Keep not evil men company lest you increase the number. But said the lecturer you must note the words of Shakespeare