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large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_06_rand_64kb
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But we jerked our head away, hid our face upon our tied hands, and bit our lips. BUT WE JERKED OUR HEAD AWAY HID OUR FACE UPON OUR TIED HANDS AND BIT OUR LIPS
ur knees and they tied our hands to the iron post. The first blow of the lash felt as if our spine had been cut in two. The second blow stopped the first, and for a second we felt nothing, then the pain struck us in our throat and fire ran in our lungs without air. But we did not cry out. The lash whistled like a singing wind. We tried to count the blows, but we lost count. We knew that the blows were falling upon our back. Only we felt nothing upon our back any longer. A flaming grill kept dancing before our eyes, and we thought of nothing save that grill, a grill, a grill of red squares, and then 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?” THEY THREW US DOWN UPON OUR KNEES AND THEY TIED OUR HANDS TO THE IRON POST THE FIRST BLOW OF THE LASH FELT AS IF OUR SPINE HAD BEEN CUT IN TWO THE SECOND BLOW STOPPED THE FIRST AND FOR A SECOND WE FELT NOTHING THEN PAIN STRUCK US AND OUR THROAT AND FIRE RAN IN OUR LUNGS WITHOUT AIR BUT WE DID NOT CRY OUT THE LASH WHISTLED LIKE A SINGING WIND WE TRIED TO COUNT THE BLOWS BUT WE LOST COUNT WE KNEW THAT THE BLOWS WERE FALLING UPON OUR BACK ONLY WE FELT NOTHING UPON OUR BACK ANY LONGER A FLAMING GRILL KEPT DANCING BEFORE OUR EYES AND WE THOUGHT OF NOTHING SAVE THAT GRILL A GRILL 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
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