It moved so quickly that he thought he had deceived himself.

But first one and then another black thing followed quickly after it, and there was a regular commotion in the room.

Riveted anew to the pavement, he experienced an intolerable burning sensation in his inside as he waited to find out the meaning of it all.

Outlines of arms and legs flitted after one another, and an enormous hand traveled about with the silhouette of a water jug.

He distinguished nothing clearly, but he thought he recognized a woman's headdress.