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'Blessed be the name of the Lord for ever and ever! The Rabbi began the phrase, and the congregation caught it up in thunder. 'But hearken how. Last night at the Seder, as I opened the door for Elijah, there entered Maimon the Meshummad! 'Twas he quaffed Elijah's cup! There was a rumble of imprecations. 'A pretty Elijah! cried the Rabbi.
She flung herself across the black-charred trunk with a shriek that rang clear and soul-piercing above the roar and thunder of the city's life at high tide. Above the rumble of car, the rattle of wagon, the jar of machinery, the tramp and murmur of millions the awful cry pierced the sky. Kate put her hand on Gordon's arm and pressed her red lips together, shivering. "O dear! O dear! what a cry!
It was a weird, an unearthly effect; it was exciting, too. As always when the Aurora is in full play, the onlookers marveled that such a tremendous exhibition of energy could continue in such silence. That was the oddest, the most impressive feature of all, for the crash of avalanches, the rumble of thunder, the diapason of a hundred Niagaras, should have accompanied such appalling phenomena.
There is a peculiar strength upon American production of all kinds as a result of the very act of getting out from under European influence. England and France and Germany have fallen into mere national voices. The voice of the partisan is but a weak treble, against the basic rumble of war.
"I shouldn't care how they swung or clanged," said Emma Jane, "if only you and I were on the same side of the gate; but we shan't be, I know we shan't!" "Emmie, don't dare to cry, for I'm just on the brink myself! If only you were graduating with me; that's my only sorrow! There! I hear the rumble of the wheels! People will be seeing our grand surprise now!
It's not really any hotter than at a barbecue at home. Who was that coughing?" "Andrew Kerr, sir." "Andrew Kerr, you go to the doctor the first thing after roll-call to-night. Cheer up, men! No one's going to send you home without fighting." From the rear came a rumble, shouted orders, a cracking of whips.
Suddenly the rumble of a carriage was audible on the high-road, and Kárpáthy, looking over the fence, exclaimed "Look, look! those are the Szentirmay horses!" Fanny almost collapsed. The Squire felt her arm tremble. "I trod on a snail," said his wife, turning pale. "You silly thing, what's there to be afraid of? I knew that Flora would come here to seek you out.
"Let Meewe have them," replied the hooded stranger. Three minutes later a single dog was pulled up on the log platform. He was a magnificent beast, and a rumble of approval ran through the crowd. The face of Joe Delesse was gray. He wet his lips. Reese Beaudin, watching him, knew that the time had come. And Joe Delesse, seeing no way of escape, whispered: "It is her dog, m'sieu.
Sisters of the battery, gliding out to the veranda rail, faintly saw and heard them a precious moment longer as they sped up the dusty road. Then Irby stepped quickly out, ran down the steps, mounted and galloped. A far rumble of wheels told the coming of two omnibuses chartered to bear the dancers all, with the Valcours and the detective, to their homes. Now out to the steps came Mandeville.
She rose to receive the visitor, who threw her arms about her neck and kissed her. It was only a short interview. The imperial vision had departed, the rumble of the carriage and the crack of the outriders' whips were lost in the distance. Then, and not till then, did the artist discover that as the Empress had given the kiss, she had pinned upon her blouse the Cross of the Legion of Honor."
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