 | Margaret Coult - 1917 - 458 էջ
...her by the hand, compelled her to go with me. She 15 complied with great reluctance, and not without reproaches to herself for retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back ; a dense dark mist seemed to be following us, spreading... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 էջ
...occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her ; and, taking her by the hand, I led her on. She complied with great reluctance, and not without...retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantities. I turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836 - 442 էջ
...occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and taking. her by the hand I led her on ; while she complied with great reluctance, and not without...retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I turned my head and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came rolling... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1888 - 536 էջ
...occasion of mine. But I absolutely refused to leave her, and, taking her by the hand, I led her on ; she complied with great reluctance, and not without...for retarding my flight. The ashes now began to fall on us, though in no great quantity. I turned my head, and observed behind us a thick smoke, which came... | |
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... for herself, she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible. However she would willingly meet death, if she could have the satisfaction of seeing that she was not the occasion of mine. 
