large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_06_rand_64kb_9
large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_06_rand_64kb
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We opened our eyes, lying on our stomach on the brick floor of a cell. We looked upon two hands lying far before us on the bricks, and we moved them, and we knew that they were our hands. But we could not move our body. WE OPENED OUR EYES LYING ON OUR STOMACH ON THE BRICK FLOOR OF A CELL WE LOOKED UPON TWO HANDS LYING BEFORE US ON THE BRICKS AND WE MOVED THEM AND WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE OUR HANDS BUT WE COULD NOT MOVE OUR BODY
we knew that we were looking at the squares of the iron grill in the door, and there were also the squares of stone on the walls, and the squares which the lash was cutting upon our back, crossing and re-crossing itself in our flesh. Then we saw a fist before us. It knocked our chin up, and we saw the red froth of our mouth on the withered fingers, and the Judge asked: “Where have you been?” But we jerked our head away, hid our face upon our tied hands, and bit our lips. The lash whistled again. We wondered who was sprinkling burning coal dust upon the floor, for we saw drops of red twinkling on the stones around us. Then we knew nothing, save two voices snarling steadily, one after the other, even though we knew they were speaking many minutes apart: “Where have you been where have you been where have you been where have you been?...” And our lips moved, but the sound trickled back into our throat, and the sound was only: “The light... The light... The light....” Then we knew nothing. ILL A GRILL OF RED SQUARES AND THEN WE KNEW THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SQUARES OF THE IRON GRILLE IN THE DOOR AND THERE WAS ALSO THE SQUARES OF THE STONE ON THE WALLS AND THE SQUARES WHICH THE LASH WAS CUTTING UPON OUR BACK CROSSING AND RECROSSING ITSELF AND OUR FLESH THEN WE SAW A FIST BEFORE US IT KNOCKED OUR CHIN UP AND WE SAW THE RED FROTH OF OUR MOUTH ON THE WITHERED FINGERS AND THE JUDGE ASKED WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN BUT WE JERKED OUR HEAD AWAY HID OUR FACE UPON OUR TIED HANDS AND BIT OUR LIPS THE LASH WHISTLED AGAIN WE WONDERED WHO WAS SPRINKLING BURNING COAL DUST UPON THE FLOOR FOR WE SAW DROPS OF RED TWINKLING ON THE STONES AROUND US THEN WE KNEW NOTHING SAVE TWO VOICES SNARLING STEADILY ONE AFTER THE OTHER EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE SPEAKING MANY MINUTES APART WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN AND OUR LIPS MOVED BUT THE SOUND TRICKLED BACK IN OUR THROAT AND THE SOUND WAS ONLY THE LIGHT THE LIGHT THE LIGHT THEN WE KNEW NOTHING
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