... arm than shift a mountain. He crossed the room, and collapsed in an easy chair. The paralysed arm swung behind him, so that he sat heavily on the hand. ...
... the City Council who, according to his information, had instigated police action. The young men were unemployed and had brought themselves into bad odour ...
... to keep on good terms. His action would be treated as a declaration of war. Moreover, the public enquiry which he must demand might reveal certain ...
... active public life. And in the last few weeks there had been this quite exceptional worry, culminating in the need to write that letter. It was grievously ...
... passage in some scribbled notes that he had given her to type. Miss Smith, Mildred to her family, was something more than the ideal secretary. On the ...
... her to his side with considerable vigour, and to his dismay he found that he could not release her. The limb acted on its own, and he could no more control ...
... and the rebel arm fulfilled its normal tasks as though nothing had happened. But the letter was not written. Before leaving at the end of the day, Miss ...
... an ingenious story. In order to reach a volume on the top shelf of the high bookcase he had foolishly stood on the back of the armchair. The chair had ...
... bandages and wearing a sling which, he believed, would be sufficient to delay any rebellious act until he could cope with the situation. Very ...
... rather different hand, a crude, bold, sprawling, and childish hand. For instance, against the heading McA's proposals stood the comment To hell with ...
... handwriting. Horrified but fascinated, he read a strange rigmarole. Much of it was incoherent blasphemy and obscenity, but it gradually became more ...
... it. He implored the God of his Chapel to free him from this curse, promising that he would henceforth live a life of blameless devotion. The more he prayed, ...
... you, because you know I do, with all my soul. Unwisely he raised his own right hand and pressed the hand on his shoulder. At once the rebel arm woke ...
... soon seized him. For a moment it had been difficult to tear himself away. But he did so, and as he stepped back his left arm extended itself toward ...
... Oh forgive me! You are lovely and sane and generous. When I am cured I shall very humbly ask you to marry me. But now he hurriedly and in a constricted ...
... me what it is that I must do. He was standing near the window with his back to it. At this moment his left arm reached awkwardly behind him and ...
... groping on the desk. As soon as it was aided by vision, it took a piece of paper and a pencil and began to write almost illegibly, for Sir James had ...
... pictures torn down, their glass broken. The horrified women thought of burglars. Sir James was in an easy chair nursing his right arm, which he had somehow ...
... with Plaxy, is deep and close, and his inquiring mind ranges across the spectrum of human knowledge and experience. But Sirius isn't human and ...
... Peace in Wrocl/aw, Poland. He attended the Conference for World Peace held in New York in 1949, the only Briton to be granted a visa to do so. In 1950 ...