Nothing, in fact, but a considerable amount of presence of mind and the full exercise of a strength which was continually providing surprises for his acquaintances, was sufficient to save her.

Their struggles upon the very edge of the roof dislodged a brick from the palisading, which went hurtling down into the street.

They both paused to watch it, his arms still gripping her and one foot pressed against an iron rod.

It was immediately after they had seen it pitch harmlessly into the road that a new sensation came to this phlegmatic young man.

For the first time in his life, he realized that it was possible to feel a certain pleasurable emotion in the close grasp of a being of the opposite sex.