And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.

As I dug in behind one of the bales we were using as protection, I grudgingly found myself agreeing with Oso's logic, especially when I imagined what would have happened to Missy if Old Knife's large party of screeching warriors had overrun our company.

In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.

Next to him was a young boy I was sure had sat near me at one of the trading sessions.

At first I thought he had missed.

I saw the clergyman kneel for a moment by the twitching body of the man he had shot, then run back to his position.

Later I would remember what this pompous little man had told me about the worth of a ticket.

One afternoon, upon receiving permission and the necessary instructions from the clerk, I had visited the toilet adjoining the hall.

For although I had crossed a corner of the hall on my way to the toilet I still could not tell for sure how far to the rear the darkness extended.

I could observe the two fans down at the end, but their size in themselves meant nothing to me as long as I had no measure of comparison.

I had for some time been hoping, in vain, for one of the dim figures to pass between the fan vents and myself.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

And I had hardly finished my business in the toilet on the aforementioned occasion when the lights in that place, like the hall lights controlled from the switch in the office, flicked off and on impatiently.

I had signed it off on the forms.

Although I had been inside it I had not yet seen it functioning.

The young banker looked at him with a certain surprise, and then he said flatly: `` I'm afraid I can't tell you anything in particular about Kent House.

When I arrived at Viola's I was shown, to my surprise, into the kitchen.

I dug around and found a mix, and was able to surprise them with a devil's-food cake with chocolate icing.

Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

At the very end of the show, in " Court Charades ", the Inquisitors are caught by surprise when a defendant ( who is also a judge from another court ) in session at the Old Bailey says: " Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!

Gregory's election came as a complete surprise to him, partially because it happened while he was engaged in the Ninth Crusade at Acre with King Edward I of England in Palestine.

While Orbison determinedly pursued his second chance at stardom, he reacted to his success in constant surprise, confessing " It's very nice to be wanted again, but I still can't quite believe it.

But when they get to know me, they find to their extreme surprise that I am kind and gentle ".

Hitler went on to castigate the Navy, saying that Navy had done nothing in the wars of unification, that the High Seas Fleet " played no important role in the World War " and lacked "... men of action who were determined to fight with or without the Kaiser ", that the Navy were a nest of traitors whose only contribution to World War I was the High Seas Fleet mutiny of 1918, and that given this history, it was no surprise that the Navy's record in World War Two with the notable exception of the U-boats was one of failure after failure.

The couple made two surprise impromptu reunion performances: the first on The Mike Douglas Show in the spring of 1979, singing a medley of " United We Stand " and " Without You ", and the second on November 13, 1987 on Late Night with David Letterman where they performed their hit song " I Got You Babe ".

I was certain that the tram would stop in its regular place and we would have to run for it, and he was equally certain it would stop where he was standing ... To my surprise, the tram did stop right in front of us.

Experiences from World War I battlefields emblazoned the concept of the trench warfare as an elongate depression defining an important boundary, so it was no surprise that the term “ trench ” was used to describe natural features in the early 1920s.

Gallus ordered his troops to attack the Persians but Persian Emperor Shapur I invaded Armenia and destroyed, taking by surprise, a large Roman army at Barbalissos, in 252.

The win was a surprise for me and I think God gave it to me like a special present or he is using me like, ' okay, I give you this, but after that you give to help the people.

I formed the habit of dipping my bread in my tea and eating a great deal of it, to the surprise of my English comrades.

He wrote of William the Conqueror in Historia Anglorum: He was of just stature, ordinary corpulence, fierce countenance ; his forehead was bare of hair ; of such great strength of arm that it was often a matter of surprise, that no one was able to draw his bow, which himself could bend when his horse was in full gallop ; he was majestic whether sitting or standing, although the protuberance of his belly deformed his royal person ; of excellent health so that he was never confined with any dangerous disorder, except at the last ; so given to the pleasures of the chase, that as I have before said, ejecting the inhabitants, he let a space of many miles grow desolate that, when at liberty from other avocations, he might there pursue his pleasures.

:" I feel that a surprise attack ( submarine, air, or combined ) on Pearl Harbor is a possibility, and we are taking immediate practical steps to minimize the damage inflicted and to ensure that the attacking force will pay.

It originally included only one single, " Cry Tough "; however, Look What the Cat Dragged In became a surprise success and subsequently spawned three charting hits: " Talk Dirty to Me ", " I Want Action ", and " I Won't Forget You ", The record became the biggest-selling-album in Enigma's history.

:... and now, disengag'd from the shirt, I saw, with wonder and surprise, what?

Board chairwoman Lisa Holley told journalists of her surprise at the forgiving attitude of the families, saying, " I think the most overwhelming part of it for me was the depth of forgiveness of many of these families that have sustained such a loss.

" Because the story of the Passion is so well known, Gibson felt the need to avoid vernacular languages in order to surprise audiences: " I think it's almost counterproductive to say some of these things in a modern language.

Food and fodder were available at the coast, but he refused to release any men and horses to carry up stores, as his officers pleaded, in case of a surprise attack by the enemy and because " I had no orders to do so ".

`` I don't have many strays coming to my front door '', he said.

`` All my life '', he said, `` I tried.

`` I hate to leave my garden '', Gavin said.

I loved my garden ''.

`` I never felt better in my life '', Fiske blustered.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Gray Eyes rushing at me with a knife.

I could see them in my sights.

I found his chest in my sights.

At the last second I dropped my sights from the bare chest and bright red circle to the chest of his pony.

In my sights I watched him looming bigger and bigger.

Such was my state of mind that I did not question the possibility of this ; ;

I would turn away from my writing in the hope of getting a good look at them but I never quite succeeded.

Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.

I withdrew my hand.

Having nothing else to do except wait for my forms to be processed, I gave myself over to speculations concerning the hall itself.

This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.

No sooner would I turn my head away from the counter before he would address me, at times quite sharply, in order to bring back my attention.