Scattered wits take a long time in picking up.

“Her heart--is given him, with all its love and truth. She would joyfully die wi…”

“Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth, rather...that eve…”

“I should not have minded that, if they would only have left me alone. But they …”

“The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist; a…”