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In another instant Black Riot was led out uninjured, untouched, in the very pink of condition and, in spite of the tragedy and the dead man's presence, one or two of the guards were so carried away that they essayed a cheer. "Stop that! Stop it instantly!" rapped out Sir Henry, facing round upon them.
The shore of the beautiful lake was strewn with the slain, its waters crimsoned by their blood, the French having lost nearly half their regular force, and the English more than two hundred men. Several days succeeding to the battle were passed in gathering the wounded and burying the dead, in which dismal duty Putnam was engaged, with the rest of the uninjured survivors.
The skeletons are laid horizontally, with their heads generally towards the center and the feet towards the outside of the tumulus. A considerable part of this work still stands uninjured, except by time.
The congregation rose, en masse, uttering exclamations of terror, but before anyone could know exactly what had happened the smoke cleared, and the Abbe Vergniaud was seen leaning against the steps of the pulpit, pale but uninjured, and in front of him stood the boy Manuel with arms outstretched, and a smile on his face. The bullet had split the pulpit immediately above him.
Du Lhut, De la Noue, and De Catinat were uninjured, but Ephraim Savage had a bullet-hole in his forearm, and Amos was bleeding from a cut upon the face. Of the others hardly one was without injury, and yet they had no time to think of their hurts for the danger still pressed and they were lost unless they acted.
Then we crashed on to the ice ridge beyond this crevasse, the sledge capsized and rolled over and over, dragging us three with it until it came to a standstill. How we ever escaped entirely uninjured is beyond me to explain. When we had recovered our breath we examined ourselves and our sledge.
In this heroic attempt he lost his life, regretted by the whole army. Of our two companies, scarce a soul escaped uninjured. Near the breach, the dead, dying, and wounded would have melted the heart of the most callous wretch; and, had not the little party who stormed the eleven-gun battery proved successful, few, if any, would have escaped the dreadful carnage.
As for the fugitives, so far as he could see, only two possibilities were open to them: Cleopatra would cleave to Mark Antony and go would that the immortals might avert it! to ruin, or she would sacrifice him and save her throne and life. In both cases the endangered lovers could soon return uninjured the Queen had a merciful heart, and never retained anger long if no guilt existed.
'But flesh and blood cannot stand this. You could not yourself. Between him and them I am fairly worn out. Give me good terms good terms, you understand, M. de Marsac? he whispered eagerly, sinking his voice still lower, 'and you shall have all you want. 'Your lives, and liberty to go where you please, I answered coldly. 'The two ladies to be first given up to me uninjured.
That had somehow quelled the two, who, as soon as she left the room again, swept up the mess, and put the uninjured Brazil nuts back into the dessert dish.... It would never do if Foljambe lost her prestige and was alluded to by some outrageously slangy name. "If you mean Foljambe," said Georgie icily, "it was because I didn't think it worth while to disturb her."
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