Suddenly, however, he was struck by a voice coming from the
shed, and its tone was so sincere that he could not but listen.
Later she half heard the voices of Robert and Tonie talking under the
shed. She did not stir.
'What, feeling lonely, feeling lonely, little silly?' said Nikita in answer to the low whinny with which he was greeted by the good-tempered, medium-sized bay stallion, with a rather slanting crupper, who stood alone in the
shed. 'Now then, now then, there's time enough.
With a lighter heart he then set off upon his second journey, leaving Hugh, who was still in a drunken stupor, stretched upon the ground within the
shed, and his father walking to and fro before it.
- It was but man, I thought, who
shed Laurels upon me: and the rush - The torrent of the chilly air Gurgled within my ear the crush Of empires - with the captive's prayer - The hum of suiters - and the tone Of flattery 'round a sovereign's throne.
But should the king's soldiers
shed one drop of American blood, then it was a quarrel to the death.
They went into the little yard in front of the
shed. A stable boy, spruce and smart in his holiday attire, met them with a broom in his hand, and followed them.
The first
shed we come to the preacher was lining out a hymn.
Then the eyes roamed about the campong to rest at last upon the slanting roof of the thatched
shed which was its shelter.
He reflected and turned his steps towards the little refreshment
shed that stood near the end of the ruined bridge.
With one of the shoes still held in his hand he stood in a corner of the
shed and stamped with a stockinged foot upon the board floor.
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other, in which much blood was
shed. The Weasels were always the victors.