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| 9 | 297 | She lay on her View more quotes about side">side, in misery, across great blocks of ice; she could lift her head and shoulders no more than six inches from the ice; she could draw her ankles toward her body no more than six inches; small chips of wood, in which the ice is packed, clung about her body; she was bound, hand and foot, her wrists behind her, her ankles crossed and tied. |
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| 9 | 294 | We opened the heavy door, lined with leather, and lifted the torch, closing the door behind us. |
| 9 | 295 | In the light of the torch we saw Hilda. |
| 9 | 296 | We approached more closely. |
| 9 | 297 | She lay on her side, in misery, across great blocks of ice; she could lift her head and shoulders no more than six inches from the ice; she could draw her ankles toward her body no more than six inches; small chips of wood, in which the ice is packed, clung about her body; she was bound, hand and foot, her wrists behind her, her ankles crossed and tied. |
| 9 | 298 | Two ropes prohibited her from struggling to either a sitting or kneeling position, one running from her right ankle across the ice to a ring in the side of the shed, the other running from her throat across the ice to a similar ring on the other side of the shed. |
| 9 | 299 | "Please," she wept. |
| 9 | 300 | Her teeth chattered; her lips were blue. |