| | 1 | Author: | Dana, Marvin | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Within the Law  | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The lids of the girl's eyes lifted slowly, and she
stared at the panel of light in the wall. Just at the
outset, the act of seeing made not the least impression
on her numbed brain. For a long time she continued
to regard the dim illumination in the wall with the same
passive fixity of gaze. Apathy still lay upon her crushed
spirit. In a vague way, she realized her own inertness,
and rested in it gratefully, subtly fearful lest she again
arouse to the full horror of her plight. In a curious
subconscious fashion, she was striving to hold on to this
deadness of sensation, thus to win a little respite from
the torture that had exhausted her soul. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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