His attitude was as different from Gianfrancesco’s as night was from day. He was speedily disarmed; and the rope and gag being found upon him, were exultingly turned against him by his conqueror, who, after pinioning his arms tightly behind his back, forced open his mouth with the iron, and effectually prevented the utterance of any further outcries. Anna stood looking down upon her sister with grave perturbed face. She had resisted as long as she could; then she had stolen over. When they came to the round-house, Terry's courage failed him. Had he not said as much at Remenham House? She allowed him to march her through the chapel without resistance. You will agree with me when you have heard what I have to say. To preach a fine sermon every Sunday so that he would lose neither the art nor the impulse; and this child, in secret rebellion, taking it down in long hand during odd hours in the week! Preaching grandiloquently before a few score natives who understood little beyond the gestures, for the single purpose of warding off disintegration! It reminded the doctor of a stubborn retreat; from barricade to barricade, grimly fighting to keep the enemy at bay, that insidious enemy of the white man in the South Seas—inertia.
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