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And meanwhile Meynell, whose action had first released the great forces now at work, who as a leader was now doubly revered, doubly honoured by those who clamoured to be led by him, still felt himself utterly unable to face the struggle. Heart and brain were the prey of a deadly discouragement; the will could make no effort; his confidence in himself was lamed and helpless.
"Slain a dozen men and lamed twice as many more," answered several voices; "have them forth straightway." "They were attacked, and defended themselves," said the sheriff, "and it is no fault of theirs that they had to do their best. Get you home, and I will answer to the jarl for them. They are the jarl's guests."
"You read them to some purpose," said I. "Well, if you are lamed for life, and unfitted for any active line turn newspaper editor; I should say you are perfectly qualified, and this day's adventure may be the foundation of your fortune," thereupon I turned round and rode off. The fellow followed me with a torrent of abuse.
Field-sports are a rumor from without: for him now no joyous sow-baiting, deer-chasing; that, like other things, is past. In the beginning of November, he came to Berlin; was worse there, and again was better; strove to do the Carnival, as had been customary; but, in a languid, lamed manner.
This diversion, or rather species of butchery, lasted more than half an hour, during which stags, hinds, roebucks, boars, hares, wolves, badgers, foxes, and numberless pole-cats passed; and were killed or lamed.
For the moment, one of the ploughs was out of order, a bolt had slipped, a lever refused to work, or a machine had become immobilised in heavy ground, or a horse had lamed himself. Once, even, toward noon, an entire plough was taken out of the line, so out of gear that a messenger had to be sent to the division forge to summon the machinist. Annixter had disappeared.
A field of outsiders are always going in to bowl at the Public Service, and we block the balls. Clennam asked what became of the bowlers? The airy young Barnacle replied that they grew tired, got dead beat, got lamed, got their backs broken, died off, gave it up, went in for other games.
We supposed her fine thick coat kept the fire from reaching her body, for we could discover no burns. Her tongue was blistered where she had lapped the flame, and in her wild flight she had lamed one of her paws. Of course her beauty was gone, and for a few weeks she was that deplorable looking object a singed cat.
I went out and got him in a twinkling." "Did he want to be caught?" "Couldn't help himself." "I should have flied away." "With that?" Bertie pointed to a broken wing. "With two of them." "You could not fly if you had a dozen wings like that. It is broken." "Oh!" "And that accounts for his being on our piazza. I don't know what lamed him, but I think it was the gale or a stone."
The Van Bremer brothers, after whom the mountain is named, told me that they once climbed the mountain with their rifles and hounds on a grand hunt; but, after keeping up the pursuit for a week, their boots and clothing gave way, and the hounds were lamed and worn out without having run down a single sheep, notwithstanding they ran night and day.
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