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| 13 | 127 | An View more quotes about action">action of the sort now accomplished in Torcadino, in which judicious selections and discriminations are to be made among the civilian populace, necessitates a sensitive preparation. |
| 13 | 128 | We were now closer to the women. |
| 13 | 129 | One of them stood but, immediately, the lash fell upon her, and she returned to her knees, sobbing. |
| 13 | 130 | "Hands on thighs," called the soldier, "spread your knees, back straight, chin up!" He pushed up her chin with the coiled whip. |
| 13 | 131 | She looked straight ahead, tears streaming down her face. |
| 13 | 132 | "You will be struck twice more," he said. |
| 13 | 133 | She cried out in misery, twice, each time shaken, each time almost thrown forward on her belly to the pavement. |