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I was so far right, that~
The narrator recalls his childhood; he is now in custody by his stepfather in his room.
He had been living with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his very stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house when he was forced to go Salem House, the boarding school near London.
Now he came home after the stay during a semester.
God knows how infantine the memory may have been, that was awakened within me by the sound of my mother's voice in the old parlour, when I set my foot in the hall. She was singing in a low tone. I think I must have lain in her arms, and heard her singing so to me when I was a but a baby . The strain was new to me, and yet it was so old that it filled my heart brimful, like a friend come back from a long absence. I believed, from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone. And I went softly into the room. She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny had she held against her neck. Her eyes were looking down upon its face, and she sat singing to it. I was so far right, that she had no other companion.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I think "that" clause is the object of "right" in terms of the context, but I don't think any personality pronouns can make the verb take "that" clause as an object.
So I was wondering why it is "I," not "it."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He had been living with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his very stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house when he was forced to go Salem House, the boarding school near London.
Now he came home after the stay during a semester.
God knows how infantine the memory may have been, that was awakened within me by the sound of my mother's voice in the old parlour, when I set my foot in the hall. She was singing in a low tone. I think I must have lain in her arms, and heard her singing so to me when I was a but a baby . The strain was new to me, and yet it was so old that it filled my heart brimful, like a friend come back from a long absence. I believed, from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone. And I went softly into the room. She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny had she held against her neck. Her eyes were looking down upon its face, and she sat singing to it. I was so far right, that she had no other companion.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I think "that" clause is the object of "right" in terms of the context, but I don't think any personality pronouns can make the verb take "that" clause as an object.
So I was wondering why it is "I," not "it."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Here's the paragraph slightly rewritten. I believed , from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone. And I went softly into the room.
- Here's the paragraph slightly rewritten.
- I believed , from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone.
- And I went softly into the room.
- She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny had she held against her neck.
- Her eyes were looking down upon its face, and she sat singing to it.
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Here's the paragraph slightly rewritten.
I believed, from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone. And I went softly into the room. She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny had she held against her neck. Her eyes were looking down upon its face, and she sat singing to it.
I believed, from the solitary and thoughtful way in which my mother murmured her song, that she was alone. And I went softly into the room. She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny had she held against her neck. Her eyes were looking down upon its face, and she sat singing to it.
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