| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 767 | And then they were a View more quotes about small">small, writhing knot of terrified women, each trying to hide behind the other. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 764 | Some of the women knelt, holding out their hands for mercy, but the lash fell upon them, too, and they put down their heads, sobbing, bending over, almost double. |
| 24 | 765 | Some, kneeling, crying out, sobbing, clasped their hands together, lifting them to the men. |
| 24 | 766 | But the lash fell. |
| 24 | 767 | And then they were a small, writhing knot of terrified women, each trying to hide behind the other. |
| 24 | 768 | The whip, hitting at the edges of the group, the left, the right, forced it in upon itself, and then, sobbing, cowering, they huddled together, tiny, within the ring of angry men. |
| 24 | 769 | The lash ceased its whistling speech. |
| 24 | 770 | To its harsh discourse they had learned now to attend. |