I was paralyzed with fear; my sister did not move.

We sat gazing at each other, scarce daring to breathe, expecting every instant the heavy walls to crumble about our heads.

The earth rocked and rocked, and rocked again, then swayed and swayed and finally was still.
My sister caught Harry in her arms, and then Jack and Willie came breathlessly in.

"Did you feel it ?" said Jack.
"Did we feel it!" said I, scornfully.
Sarah was silent, and I looked so reproachfully at Jack, that he dropped his light tone, and said: "It was pretty awful.

We were in the Goldwaters' store, when suddenly it grew dark and the lamps above our heads began to rattle and swing, and we all rushed out into the middle of the street and stood, rather dazed, for we scarcely knew what had happened; then we hurried home.