1 Then again there was not a sound.
2 Again, for a space, there was no sound but his panting.
3 She stood breathing hard, and gazing about her; no one made a sound.
4 They went out without a sound, and down the great echoing staircase, and through the dark hall.
5 He shed no tears, being ashamed to make a sound; he sat motionless and shuddering with his anguish.
6 In the distance there was heard again the lowing of the cattle, a sound as of a far-off ocean calling.
7 This, too, like the color, was a thing elemental; it was a sound, a sound made up of ten thousand little sounds.
8 The stately butler bowed his head, but made not a sound; and suddenly Master Freddie pointed an eager finger at him.
9 There was an instant of silence, while men caught their breaths, and then like a single sound there came a cry from a thousand people.
10 Ona longed to cry out and tell her stepmother to stop, that it was all a trap; but there seemed to be something clutching her by the throat, and she could not make a sound.
11 The resulting medley of sound distracted no one, save possibly alone the babies, of which there were present a number equal to the total possessed by all the guests invited.
12 The youngster leaned back and snuggled up to Jurgis, murmuring contentedly; in half a minute he was sound asleep, Jurgis sat shivering, speculating as to whether he might not still be able to get hold of the roll of bills.
13 She has not taken a drop, but every one else there is literally burning alcohol, as the lamps are burning oil; some of the men who are sound asleep in their chairs or on the floor are reeking of it so that you cannot go near them.
14 That others were at work he knew by the sound, and by the fact that he sometimes collided with them; otherwise they might as well not have been there, for in the blinding dust storm a man could not see six feet in front of his face.
15 During their progress, needless to say, the sounds of the cello are pretty well extinguished; but at last the three are at the head, and Tamoszius takes his station at the right hand of the bride and begins to pour out his soul in melting strains.
16 In the corner to the left are the three musicians, upon a little platform, toiling heroically to make some impression upon the hubbub; also the babies, similarly occupied, and an open window whence the populace imbibes the sights and sounds and odors.
17 Just what," answered the other, "would be the productive capacity of society if the present resources of science were utilized, we have no means of ascertaining; but we may be sure it would exceed anything that would sound reasonable to minds inured to the ferocious barbarities of capitalism.
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