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As this passenger, whose appearance, as we have implied, was certainly not that of a denizen, turned into one of the alleys, a rough hand seized him by the arm, and suddenly a group of girls and tatterdemalions issued from a house, in which the lower shutters unclosed showed a light burning, and surrounded him with a hoarse whoop.
As the rays of the moon fell upon her pale face, Mr Prothero almost thought it was death and not sleep; but when Lion began to bark joyously, and to lick the cold hands and cheek, and when Mr Prothero ventured to stoop down and whisper, 'Gladys! Gladys! and to take one of the damp, clammy hands in his, the white eyelids unclosed, and with a little scream of terror, the poor girl started up.
Am I asking too much, if I ask you to leave the door unclosed when you go back to the dining-room? Think of the dreadful trial to him as well as to me! I am only a woman; I am afraid I may sink under it, if I have no friend near me. And I have no friend but you." In those simple words she tried her powers of persuasion on him for the first time.
She was herself again in a minute, and her eyes slowly unclosed and lifted their tender curtains prettily. "I am so glad for dear Agnes," she said with a natural loudness in that hushed room. "It even made me forget papa to find Agnes innocent." The dying minister seemed to catch the words.
"How does yer know?" demanded Squire Hennion. "I wuz down ter the river ter see if my boat wuz tied fast enuf ter stand the blow an' I hearn the tramp of snogers comin' across the bridge." "The bridge!" shouted Bagby. "Then they must be Swamp it! there is n't more than time enough to run." Clearly he spoke truly, for even as he ended his sentence the still unclosed door was filled by armed men.
She went downstairs, met a maidservant in the hall, who told her, with alarm and surprise, that both the street and garden doors were found unclosed. No one had seen Lilian. Mrs. Ashleigh now became seriously uneasy. On remounting to her daughter's room, she missed Lilian's bonnet and mantle. The house and garden were both searched in vain.
There were dark half circles under her eyes, pinch lines about her mouth, all her face was wildly strained. She simulated distress very well indeed. "Here it is, and your money. Take them." And I thrust my unclosed fist at her. "No! And you were going? You didn't intend to reply?" "Certainly not. I am done with you, and with Benton, madam. Good-morning. I have business." She caught at my sleeve.
And so, as though the Lord said to us in our alarm, 'Behold what martyrs I have given you! in like manner our eyes are unclosed, and we see the glory of the Lord, manifested, as once in their passion, so now in their power. We have got clear, my brethren, of no slight disgrace; we had patrons, yet we knew it not.
I lay like one dead, whose eyelids have been left unclosed; and I thought I was dreaming. Dreaming or awake, my soul had not yet reached its climax of horror. As I continued to gaze, I perceived that the number of the hideous animals increased every moment. I could now see their brown hairy bodies for they had approached close to the candle, and were full under its light.
You may know it; you may not. I give no opinion. I have endured everything here but humiliation. That I have happily been spared until this day. Here his convulsive grasp unclosed itself, and he put his pocket-handkerchief to his eyes again. Little Dorrit, on the ground beside him, with her imploring hand upon his arm, watched him remorsefully.
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