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`` I was afraid of this.
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`` That was a terrible thing to do '', I said to Oso.
`` But that was war '', I said.
Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.
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.
Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.
Such was my state of mind that I did not question the possibility of this ; ;
under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.
I was nearly thirty at the time.
It was dark and, I sensed, very large ; ;
Sometimes I was aware of people moving about in the darkness.
This impressed me, until I realized how limited was his sphere of influence.
I felt certain he was really a spineless little man.
Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.
In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.
I was shown, instead, a batch of white tickets of the sort handed out, he told me, every morning.
Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.
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.
I felt certain it was self-appointed.
I decided to see no more of the clerk until the processing of my papers was completed.
I was constantly searching for clues around the neighborhood of the hall.
I and afraid
I felt a queasiness in my own stomach but it wouldn't do to show these girls that we were afraid.
I had developed too foolproof a facade to be afraid of self-betrayal.
And to top it all I am often sentimental on purpose, trying to prove to myself that I am not afraid of sentiment.
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.
I was drunk with excitement and the smell of gunpowder that came floating down from the road, and the fact that I was not afraid now, but only waiting to know what to do next.
To Abel: `` I am afraid there is not much to amuse small children here.
In I wanted to tell him, but I was afraid to the final to is lightly stressed because it represents to tell him.
Another Reb writing under similar circumstances before Atlanta reported: `` the Yankees keep shooting so I am afraid they will knock over my ink, so I will close ''.
`` I asked her why she couldn't do it tomorrow, but it seems the muse is working good tonight and she's afraid to let it go ''.
of whom shall I be afraid ''??
of whom shall I be afraid ''??
of whom shall I be afraid ''??
But I am afraid Mr. Wesker's meat and potatoes dish isn't well seasoned enough for local audiences.
I was afraid to look for fear the evil might still be going on.
Morris would later recall an early conversation with Julia: " I was talking to a mass murderer but I was thinking of you ," he said, and instantly regretted it, afraid that it might not have sounded as affectionate as he had wished.
I was also afraid that if my complaint was overruled I would be penalized on the clock when we were in time pressure.
" I have had a wonderful life but it is over and my nerves get worse and I am afraid they will have to take me away.
I and .
`` I could use some help '', Morgan said finally, `` but I can't afford to pay you anything.
I guess you'd better go on in the morning ''.
`` I've been mucking in a mine in the San Juan, but I used to work on a ranch.
`` I know '', Jones said dejectedly.
You fell down in front of the house, and I carried you in.
I gave you a drink and then you went to sleep ''.
`` I don't have many strays coming to my front door '', he said.
It's not much of a meal, but it's what I eat ''.
`` Mr. Morgan, it's the best-looking food I ever saw ''.
When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.
She said, `` I guess the Lord looks out for fools, drunkards, and innocents ''.
`` I mean, we don't have any way to get there and we can't expect you to quit work just to take us to town ''.
`` I get up early.
He stopped, embarrassed, and Morgan said, `` I understand that, but I don't savvy why you'd go off and leave your jobs in the first place ''.
I believed him.
I didn't understand why, Clay.
`` All my life '', he said, `` I tried.
I tried.
I saw you driftin away -- but I tried.
And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.
God in Heaven, I can't refuse you now.
There's someone there I have to see.
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