Madame, being a mother, ought to be less astonished at it than any one else; she has experienced, at the fourth month of pregnancy, the effect of those irregular movements which will, possibly, soon be presented to us on a larger scale.

I am quite hopeful, however, that the first spontaneous contractions will take place in the fibres of the heart.

Such is the case in the embryo, where the rhythmic movements of the heart, precede the nervous functions." He again began making systematic compressions of the lower part of the chest, rubbing the skin with his hands, half opening the eyelids, examining the pulse, and auscultating the region of the heart.
The attention of the spectators was diverted an instant by a hubbub outside.

A battalion of the 23d was passing, with music at the head, through the Rue de la Faisanderie.

While the Sax-horns were shaking the windows, a sudden flash mantled on the cheeks of the Colonel.