Their amazement at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping rustics wake up into sharp-witted girls enough.
So in short, I've always felt that there was basically something very weird about our concept of civilization, something that leaves us lost for words, tongue tied.
So you'll probably get a little tongue-tied here and words might come out a little strange but don't worry just try to copy the rhythm, the pace and the tone of my voice.
A sudden restlessness possessed him, and he was tongue-tied by the sense that their minutes were numbered, and that at any moment he might hear the wheels of the returning carriage.