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Again the voice roughly sounded out; it was the voice of the drunkard Mike, and the father bade one of his sons go and quiet the intruder "If nought else will do," said he sternly, "put him forth by strength. We want no tipsy brawlers here, to disturb such a scene as this." For what moved the sick girl uneasily on her pillow, and raised her neck, and motion'd to her mother?
For at this moment came a rush of footsteps within the room. I saw a fat paunch thrusting past us, a quiet pass of steel, and the landlord was wallowing on his face across the threshold. Jacques' teeth snapp'd together as he stood ready for another victim: and as the fellows within the room tumbled back, he motion'd me to leave him.
With marble-coloured shoulders, and keen eyes, Protected by a forehead broad and white And hair cut close lest it impede the sight, And clenchèd hands, firm, and of punishing size, Steadily held, or motion'd wary-wise To hit or stop, and kerchief too drawn tight O'er the unyielding loins, to keep from flight The inconstant wind, that all too often flies, The Nonpareil stands!
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