← He had weak, white hands, not well washed, and with finger-tips much stained with nicotine. 🔊
← Harland paused in the midst of his characteristic stride around the room, threw up his hands toward the ceiling, and groaned aloud: he had often met "that absurd creature" in Paris, and this very morning had received some poems in manuscript from him. 🔊
← He sat crouched forward, with his elbows squared on the table, and his head just above the level of his hands, staring up at the devil. 🔊
← The devil had made as though to stretch forth his hand across the table, but he paused in his gesture. 🔊
← "Can't you"—but the devil had now stretched forth his hand across the table. 🔊
← For a few moments the devil let his hand rest where it lay, gazing at me out of the corners of his eyes, vulgarly triumphant. 🔊
← "And a treacherous ass," he strangely added, tossing across to me a crumpled bit of paper which he had been holding in his hand. 🔊
← The poor fellow pressed his hands to his forehead. 🔊