Late at night comes Mr. Hudson, the cooper, my neighbour, and tells me that he come from Chatham this evening at five o'clock, and saw this afternoon The Royal James, Oake, and London, burnt by the enemy with their fire-ships: […] This passage uses the historical present tense.

“You still look faint, my dear,” condoled Mrs. Sylk. “It is the motion and smell of this hideous train. How it rocks! […] ”

After a dismal few months my life at long last changed for the better.

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