It interested me; and, seeing that Rashid was talking with them in a friendly way, I gathered there was nothing to be feared from their proximity, and myself drew near when I had finished eating, and gave them cigarettes.
They thanked me loudly.

The smile of pleasure on each face expressed a childlike innocence.

One only sat apart in gloom, conforming in some measure to my preconceived idea of what a murderer upon his way to prison ought to look like.

I noticed with surprise that this one wore no chain.

I went and touched him on the shoulder.