his eyes , and with thin , small hands feltfeelthe warm body through his white flannel nightgown .
Knowing she would not be allowed to keep the child much longer , the woman kissedkisshim again ; and she passedpassher hand down his body till she camecometo his feet ; she heldholdthe right foot in her hand and feltfeelthe five small toes ; and then slowly passedpassher hand over the left one .
I feltfeelthat his little beady black eyes were examining me but I would not satisfy him by looking up from my plate .
I feltfeelmy soul receding into some pleasant and vicious region ; and there again I foundfindit waitingwaitfor me .
But then I rememberedrememberthat it had dieddieof paralysis and I feltfeelthat I too was smiling feebly as if to absolve the simoniac of his sin .
I feltfeelthat I had been very far away , in some land where the customs were strange — in Persia , I thoughtthink... .
He foldedfoldhis razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers feltfeelthe smooth skin .
I likewise feltfeelseveral slender ligatures across my body , from my arm-pits to my thighs .
In a little time I feltfeelsomething alive movingmoveon my left leg , which advancingadvancegently forward over my breast , camecomealmost up to my chin ; when , bendingbendmy eyes downwards as much as I could , I perceivedperceiveit to be a human creature not six inches high , with a bow and arrow in his hands , and a quiver at his back .
But the creatures ranrunoff a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shoutshoutin a very shrill accent , and after it ceasedceaseI heardhearone of them crycryaloud _ Tolgo phonac _ ; when in an instant I feltfeelabove a hundred arrows dischargeddischargeon my left hand , which , prickedprickme like so many needles ; and besides , they shotshootanother flightflightinto the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I suppose , fell on my body , ( though I felt them not ) , and some on my face , which I immediately coveredcoverwith my left hand .
He had during those moments feltfeelthese elements to be not so much to his hand as he should have liked , and then had fallen back on the thoughtthinkthat they were precisely a matter as to which help was supposed to come from what he was about to do .