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"And my father?" began Richard, his heart jumping suddenly into his throat. "Your father as a painter often climbed long, limbery ladders as he hadn't oughter," continued Boswell soberly. "Is he is he dead?" gasped the boy, standing stock-still. "No, oh, no!" exclaimed the young farmer. "But he had an awful fall, and he's pretty bad.
"Does he know you, do you think? I happened to see him coming along the street, and as soon as he saw us he stood stock-still. He has been gazing up here now for the past two or three minutes." "I've booted a rare lot of I-talians in my time," said Stump. "I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he was some loafer I'd helped across a ship's gangway at Genoa or Naples."
This puzzled him, and what puzzles a savage frightens him. His nose told him that here were elephants in sight of his eyes; his eyes told him that there were none. All at once the column came to a dead halt. Porters flung down their loads and cried out in fright. Even Berselius stood stock-still in astonishment.
After Buffalmacco had raged about awhile, as hath been said, he made a show of growing pacified and coming up to the tomb whereon was the physician, stood stock-still. Master Simone, who was all a-tremble for fear, knew not what to do, whether to mount or abide where he was.
However, I got the key turned, went into the belfry, and wound up the clock which was very near run down, and would have stood stock-still in half an hour. 'As I took up my lantern again to leave the church, it came upon me all at once that this was the nineteenth of March.
"As luck would have it," continued he, "Miss Brough was in the drawing- room twangling on a guitar, and singing most atrociously out of tune; but as I entered at the door, I cried 'Hush! to the footman, as loud as possible, stood stock-still, and then walked forward on tip-toe lightly.
He turned as pale as nay, paler than anything that has ever yet been dragged into the comparison; for an instant he stood stock-still, then thrust his hand into his pocket, drew forth the unfortunate substitute, and at the same time exclaiming D tion! dashed it violently to the ground.
Therefore, let the engineer be taken back to the very spot where his victim was standing, and do you go up to the top of the parapet and jump down upon him! "Tonnerre de ciel! what a roar of laughter there was! The very Arabs couldn't help joining in. As to the young villain himself, he stood stock-still for a moment, and then flew out of the court like a madman; and that was the last of him.
But she knew better than that, wild as her mood was. She avoided it, and galloped past, but bore me to a far more frightful goal, suddenly dropping into a canter, and then standing stock-still.
He picked himself up, and unstrapping one, took a step into the bright moon-light to examine the nipples; took two steps: and stood stock-still. There, before him, on the frozen coat of snow, was a footprint. No: two, three, four many footprints: prints of a naked human foot: right foot, left foot, both naked, and blood in each print a little smear. It had come, then. He was mad for certain.
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