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| 17 | 209 | "Alas, woe!" View more quotes about cried">cried the ponderous fellow, running his hands about the empty space now exposed to view. |
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| 17 | 206 | "It would be a poor trick if she was there," said another. |
| 17 | 207 | "Why do you show us an empty trunk?" asked a man. |
| 17 | 208 | We could see through to the drapery behind. |
| 17 | 209 | "Alas, woe!" cried the ponderous fellow, running his hands about the empty space now exposed to view. |
| 17 | 210 | "It is true! She is not here!" He got down on all fours and looked under the trunk, and then he lifted up the front panel, running his hand about under the trunk bottom, which was, say, about an inch in thickness. |
| 17 | 211 | He then, seemingly distraught, let the front panel fall forward again. |
| 17 | 212 | But even then he went again to his knees and thrust his hand about, to the floor, then between the trunk bottom and the floor. |