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| 31 | 23 | Awe and disbelief, astonishment and even alarm, were the View more quotes about first">first reactions of the crowd. |
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| 31 | 20 | I had little doubt that he, when whole, would have been a most dangerous swordsman, and I had little doubt that some remnant of fearsome skills might be retained. |
| 31 | 21 | Yet he seemed a pathetic, perhaps demented, figure as he struggled down the stairs toward the sand. |
| 31 | 22 | It took very little time, one man calling the attention of others to the matter, the business then coursing through the crowd, before his descent was marked. |
| 31 | 23 | Awe and disbelief, astonishment and even alarm, were the first reactions of the crowd. |
| 31 | 24 | Most, doubtless, thought him confused or mad. |
| 31 | 25 | On the sand, he hobbled to the judges' table, which was below the officials' box, the place of the announcers and supervisors, higher in the stands. |
| 31 | 26 | He turned to the crowd, and cried out, "Challenge!" After a moment of incredulity, someone laughed, and, a moment later, the stands roared with laughter. |