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By and by he turned to Peggotty again, and repeating, 'Are you pretty comfortable though? bore down upon us as before, until the breath was nearly edged out of my body. By and by he made another descent upon us with the same inquiry, and the same result. At length, I got up whenever I saw him coming, and standing on the foot-board, pretended to look at the prospect; after which I did very well.
The train slowed down and stopped at a little station. Then the bell clanged and once again they were on their way. The little station had not been left far behind when a dark figure appeared on the foot-board of the ladies' carriage, and a man's head was thrust in at one of the windows.
She calls it a swan, for it's got a tall, crooked neck for the foot-board, and if I had it in my room, I'd hang curtains on its tail. It could be done just splendid! I'll show you after lunch if you don't b'lieve me." "Oh, we believe you! Go on. I'm interested in that room," begged Hope, wondering why she too had not begun with the attic.
"Obey orders, I suppose." said I, pointing to the door. "'Wait until the train stops?" "I think so," said I, looking at the flashing hedgerows. "You see, I've given up acting for the pictures. Otherwise, I should adjust my handcuffs, run along the foot-board, and dive in the direction of the nearest pond." "While I ?" "Lay perfectly still. You see, I should be carrying you in my teeth."
I put my hand in my pocket the few coins I had possessed were gone. They must have been jerked out by my shuffling on the foot-board behind the carriage. I had nothing to depend upon save my skill with the fiddle, for which the gentleman with the staff, as he informed me in passing, would not give a farthing.
And through the night the figure of the Colonel himself was often seen amongst them, praising their markmanship, pleading with every man not to expose himself without cause. He spied me where I had wormed myself behind the foot-board of a picket fence beneath the cannon-port of a blockhouse. It was during one of the breathing spaces.
As the children were led from the room, one of the boys fainted. Through Hamilton's heavy brain an idea forced itself, and finally took possession. Angelica had not stood in that little group. He opened his eyes, half expecting that which he saw Angelica leaning over the foot-board, her face gray and shrunken, her eyes full of astonishment and horror. "Are you going to die to die?" she asked him.
Sanine did not waste time in reflection, but, leaving his valise behind him, jumped off the foot-board. With a noise like thunder the train rushed past him as he fell on to the soft, wet sand of the embankment. The red lamp on the last carriage was a long way off when he rose, laughing. Sanine uttered a cry of joy. "That's good!" he exclaimed. All around him was so free, so vast.
The Swede scanned the old man as if he wished to see into his mind. "I did," he said at last. He obviously suspected that this answer might precipitate an outbreak. As he pulled on a strap his whole arm shook, the elbow wavering like a bit of paper. Scully banged his hand impressively on the foot-board of the bed.
At the foot of the bed stood Peter Maginnis, his face like the face of a carven image. At the very moment when the garrulous conductor was trying to foist off poor little Tommy Orrick upon Mr. Stanhope, the old doctor raised his head. "He's not dead yet. An excellent chance I should say." Peter's face did not change. His hand tightened on the foot-board till his nails whitened.
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