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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

All the more

Hi,

'Well done, little Sal!' said her brother, brightening and looking up at her with a smile. 'Ihought to have written; but perhaps I have thought of you all the more. But let me get out of sight. I would rather go and jump 'Well done, little Sal!' said her brother, brightening and looking up at her with a smile. 'Ihought to have written; but perhaps I have thought of you all the more. But let me get out of sight. I would rather go and jump into the river than be seen here.

What does 'but perhaps I have thought of you all the more' mean? She was in his brain more than anybody else?

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Hello, Anon, "'Ihought to have written" should read: "I ought to have written", right? So the brother was away from his sister, and didn't write to her. But the fact that he didn't write made him think still more (often) about her.

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  • Hello, Anon, "'Ihought to have written" should read: "I ought to have written", right?
  • So the brother was away from his sister, and didn't write to her.
  • But the fact that he didn't write made him think still more (often) about her.
  • He feels that, had he written, he would have thought less often about her.
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Hello, Anon,

"'Ihought to have written" should read: "I ought to have written", right? So the brother was away from his sister, and didn't write to her. But the fact that he didn't write made him think still more (often) about her. He feels that, had he written, he would have thought less often about her.
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It means "but perhaps [I thought of you / you were in my thoughts] even more because I did not write".
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