Thus, too, his tongue would protrude and lick the dust.

He endured, in a word, those treble agonies which the highly-wrought and imaginative inflict upon themselves.
The hours passed, and still no one came near him; he called, and the guard appeared at the door, but only to see what was the matter, and finding his prisoner safe, at once resumed his walk to and fro.

The soldier did not, for his own sake, dare to enter into conversation with a prisoner under arrest for such an offence; he might be involved, or suspected.

Had it been merely theft or any ordinary crime, he would have talked freely enough, and sympathized with the prisoner.

As time went on, Felix grew thirsty, but his request for water was disregarded, and there he remained till four in the afternoon.