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| 19 | 212 | The View more quotes about auctioneer">auctioneer sprang to the block and, from the darkness at the foot of the steps, was hurled a chain leash, and then two more. |
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| 19 | 209 | Then, after a moment, the great block, and that alone, was again illumined with a blaze of light. |
| 19 | 210 | The crowd shouted its pleasure. |
| 19 | 211 | It was as though the sales were beginning again, and now truly for the first time. |
| 19 | 212 | The auctioneer sprang to the block and, from the darkness at the foot of the steps, was hurled a chain leash, and then two more. |
| 19 | 213 | He held them for a moment and then, keeping them taut, stepped back. |
| 19 | 214 | He met resistance. |
| 19 | 215 | Below, in the darkness, there came the sudden, startling, savage report of a slave whip, snapped three times. |