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But when that minute was over, and he saw what he had done, when the man, tumbled, dishevelled, all alump and already bloody, was lying before him, then he remembered who he was himself and what it was that he had done.
That such a place could be the scene of a crime of violence seemed fantastic; it lay so quiet and well-ordered, so eloquent of disciplined service and gentle living. Yet there beyond the house, and near the hedge that rose between the garden and the hot, white road, stood the gardener's tool-shed, by which the body had been found, lying tumbled against the wooden wall.
I never thought to see anything again of old Crab there, except little pieces, when I saw him tumbled over by it." Answer me that." 'Twasn't the wind and kick-off either that wouldn't do it. 'Twasn't because we've half a dozen of the best players in the school, as we have. I wouldn't change Warner, and Hedge, and Crab, and the young un, for any six on their side." Why is it, then?
Tricksy, who had been gazing wistfully across the water, suddenly melted into tears. 'All our fun spoilt, she said, with the big drops rolling down her face; 'what a horrid, horrid summer we are going to have, and poor Neil 'Buck up, Tricksy, said Allan; 'the bottom hasn't tumbled out of the Universe yet.
Standing upon a rocky ledge which jutted out from the face of the cliff, it surveyed me with great apparent curiosity, and without any signs of fear. As soon as I perceived it, I sprang to my feet, and seizing my bow, in the use of which I had become quite expert, I quickly sent an arrow through the unsuspecting animal, and it tumbled headlong from its lofty perch and fell dead at my feet.
As to the fellows having tumbled into the torrent, I do not believe it. They are not likely to have gone off without our people knowing something about it. They are either in hiding somewhere near Roaring Water, and if so, I shall soon ferret them out, or else they have gone away to take squaws from among the Indians, and set up for themselves."
When my chief assistant seized the sword and saw such a beautiful creature before him, he grew green in the face, his eyes became fixed and glazed, his knees tottered, and at last, as if seized by an epileptic fit, he fell down and tumbled backward off the scaffold. Then I gave the sword to my younger assistant.
They tried to frighten us by threatening to make away with you. I think it likely that they found it rather a nuisance to look after you especially when Green and I tumbled on to some of their people an hour ago. You haven't exactly covered yourself with glory, Waverley, but under the circumstances I shall take no disciplinary action. Now go and write out a full report, and then go home.
"I know another man who lived in his Spanish castle for two months, and then was tumbled out head first. That was young Stunning who married old Buhl's daughter. She was all smiles, and mamma was all sugar, and Stunning was all bliss, for two months. He carried his head in the clouds, and felicity absolutely foamed at his eyes.
It was a trembling and ashen-hued Usanga who tumbled out of the fuselage, for his nerves were still on edge as a result of the harrowing experience of the loop, yet with terra firma once more under foot, he quickly regained his composure.
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