It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.

“Very strange things comes to our knowledge in families, miss; bless your heart,…”

“Ah!' he said, slowly turning his eyes towards me. 'Well! If you was writin' to …”

“and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with…”

“The chuckle with which he said this, and the chuckle with which he paid for the…”