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As he lolled on the bench with folded arms and straw hat tilted back from his forehead she, glancing side-long, as her manner was, saw a sunburnt aquiline nose, a moustache of a lighter brown than the visage which it decorated, a lean, strong jaw, and a muscular neck.
While the excited crowd tried to break through the cordon of mounted guards, Mattingley, by a twist and a jerk, freed his corded hands. Loosing the rope at his neck he opened his eyes and looked around him, dazed and dumb. The Apprentice came forward. "I'll shorten the rope oui-gia! Then you shall see him swing," he grumbled viciously to the Vicomte.
And I surmised all that had happened before they hung there motionless, their tongues hanging out of their mouths. I imagined the anguish of their heart, their final hesitation, their attempts to fasten the rope, to determine that it was secure, then to pass the noose round their neck and to let themselves fall.
Evelyn sprang out of the carriage, ran to Terry, threw her arms around his neck and kissed him only as a loving sister can. Fred dropped his valise, and, catching her in his arms, kissed her on both cheeks, while probably a score of spectators stood looking on; but then neither of them cared for that, for every man, woman and child in Fredonia knew of their engagement.
Narrow of shoulder, in a suit of faded blue cotton, an old gray felt hat rammed down on his head, with a hollow in the nape of his dark neck, and with his slender limbs, he appeared from the back no bigger than a boy of fourteen.
"Notwithstanding my fainting, the ill-natured old fellow kept fast about my neck, but opened his legs a little to give me time to recover my breath. When I had done so, he thrust one of his feet against my stomach, and struck me so rudely on the side with the other that he forced me to rise up against my will.
And to-day she thought more than usual about her neck and arms; for at the dance this evening she was not to wear any neckerchief, and she had been busy yesterday with her spotted pink-and-white frock, that she might make the sleeves either long or short at will.
Jeanne threw her arms round his neck, but she felt so ill, so nervous, and she had such aching pains that evening, that, with her lips close to his, she begged him to let her sleep alone. "I feel so ill to-night," she said, "but I am sure to be better to-morrow." "Just as you please, my dear," he answered. "If you are ill, you must take care of yourself." And he began to talk of something else.
You know how to do that sort of thing. You can score tremendously. I never thought of it before. By George! you can get him in the neck if you like." "But I don't like," said Paul. "I happen to know that Mr. Finn is sincere in his convictions." "But, my dear sir, what does his supposed sincerity matter in political contest?" "It's the difference between dirt and cleanliness," said Paul.
Bedient returned many times to the letter that told about the goats. Part of it read: "There was a rocky strip of land in the fork of two rivers several thousand acres that almost shut itself off, so narrow and rocky was the neck.... For a long time this big bottle of land troubled me couldn't think of any use to put it to until somebody mentioned goats.
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