Dashes have been inserted in the correct spot as follows: The old man said, "I hoped - no I dreamed - you would return."
Dashes are punctuation marks that are used to separate ideas in sentences. They can be used when there is an interruption in the normal flow of words by the speaker.
In the sentence above, two dashes have been used at the spots where there is an interrruption of the speaker's thoughts.
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