1 Duane nudged Jurgis, and the instant the man had passed they rose up.
2 There were five pink paper roses twisted in the veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves.
3 There were five pink paper roses twisted in the veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves.
4 He walked toward Jurgis upon tiptoe, scowling at him; and Jurgis rose up, and retreated, scowling back.
5 This last was a song, and the young gentleman's voice rose mournful and wailing, while he swung upon Jurgis's neck.
6 Then he gave a sigh of satisfaction, and rose and shook hands with them all, still as smooth and polite as at the beginning.
7 It was the week before Christmas that the first storm came, and then the soul of Jurgis rose up within him like a sleeping lion.
8 Blizzards and cold made no difference to them, they were always on hand; they were on hand two hours before the sun rose, an hour before the work began.
9 Her bosom rose and fell as she breathed, and her excitement seemed to mount higher and higher, and then to sink away again, like a boat tossing upon ocean surges.
10 The line of the buildings stood clear-cut and black against the sky; here and there out of the mass rose the great chimneys, with the river of smoke streaming away to the end of the world.
11 Toward morning the place fell silent, and he got up and began to pace his cell; and then within the soul of him there rose up a fiend, red-eyed and cruel, and tore out the strings of his heart.
12 At the head, where sits the bride, is a snow-white cake, with an Eiffel tower of constructed decoration, with sugar roses and two angels upon it, and a generous sprinkling of pink and green and yellow candies.
13 The man ducked, and it missed him by half an inch; he rose again and faced Jurgis, who was vaulting over the bar with his one well arm, and dealt him a smashing blow in the face, hurling him backward upon the floor.
14 He nodded to her, and she came and sat by him, and they had more drink, and then he went upstairs into a room with her, and the wild beast rose up within him and screamed, as it has screamed in the Jungle from the dawn of time.