Possible Clues:

• Told a story
• 'Ran back, it's reckoned, all told (8)'
• Told (a story)
• Provided commentary
• Recounted
• 'Gets up to Arran with Edward, all told (8)'
• Recounted, recited
• 'Ran back, it was reckoned, all told (8)'
• All told, hurried back with Edward the artist
• What the teller did was hurried up and reckoned