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Updated: May 1, 2025
She paused, and when the first shock of amazement was past an audible titter ran through the audience, and Mr. Ives squirmed visibly. "Am I right, Mr. Chairman?" asked Miss Lucretia. "You are unquestionably right, Miss Penniman," answered the chairman, rising, "unquestionably." "Then I will proceed," said Miss Lucretia.
The next instant Martin was seated on the edge of the bed with the cub face downward across his knees. "Now don't bite," Martin warned, "or else I'll have to punch your face. It would be a pity, for it is such a pretty face." His uplifted hand descended, and thereafter rose and fell in a swift and steady rhythm. The cub struggled and cursed and squirmed, but did not offer to bite.
Farmers with their wives and children and all the people from the hundreds of little frame houses have gathered within these board walls. Young girls have laughed and men with beards have talked of the affairs of their lives. The place has been filled to overflowing with life. It has itched and squirmed with life and now it is night and the life has all gone away. The silence is almost terrifying.
Her face as he bent over her glowed with a sudden terror. "Mooney girls," repeated Brander. His hands reached her shoulders and held her carelessly as she squirmed. "You're hurting me." "I'll hurt you more. Talk out now. Are you in love with that loon?" "Yes." "More than me?" "Yes." Brander's face reddened. His hand struck her chin. Rachel shut her eyes to hold back tears. "Are you still?" "Yes.
Skoonly yelled and squirmed, when they began unwinding the bandages from his arm, as if the action caused him the most intense pain, and begged them to stop, while his face grew so white that even Ham himself began to fear that the arm, at least, bore no false testimony; but the unwinding went steadily on.
Perhaps the last five minutes of that conference between Fanny and Michael Fenger reveals a new side, and presents something of interest. It was a harrowing and unexpected five minutes. You may remember how Michael Fenger had a way of looking at one, silently. It was an intent and concentrated gaze that had the effect of an actual physical hold. Most people squirmed under it.
Roused by that cool shock, half strangled as well, Ekstrom coughed violently, squirmed, spat out a mouthful of water, and lifted on an elbow, still more than half dazed.
He received no applause, and he squirmed through the ropes, snakelike, into the arms of his seconds, who helped him to the floor and supported him down the aisle into the crowd. Joe remained where he had fallen. His seconds carried him into his corner and placed him on the stool. Men began climbing into the ring, curious to see, but were roughly shoved out by the policemen, who were already there.
I looked at Pa on the table and he began to turn pale, and he squirmed around to get up, but found he was fast.
Hortense squirmed uneasily and wished somebody could help Aunt Esmerelda get a new grater. But she couldn't tell the cook where the grater was, or how it got there, or poor old Aunt Esmerelda might leave and never come back, frightened as she was of spooks and similar things.
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