"Loose the
cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning to the executioner, "and hang this man in his place, seeing that by his own confession he is the murderer."
This was not lost upon the boy, who, before he curled himself down to sleep, securely tied to a tree the end of the
cord that was about Jerry's neck.
Occasionally, they sink a
cord in the river by a heavy weight, with a buoy at the upper end, to keep floating.
"Don't be in a hurry," said
Cord to Vronsky, "and remember one thing: don't hold her in at the fences, and don't urge her on; let her go as she likes."
The Prince went on his way, thinking about this strange adventure, when suddenly at the turn of the walk he perceived a tall man whose face was the picture of misery, holding in his hands a silken
cord of the exact colour of those round the necks of the dead men.
Instantly the old man slipped the running noose over one of the lad's wrists, took a couple of half hitches about his other wrist, and knotted the
cord.
What of the
cord? The
cord was made in England: A rough
cord, a tough
cord, A
cord that bowmen love; So we'll drain our jacks To the English flax And the land where the hemp was wove.
Caswall resumed his habit of watching the great kite straining at its
cord, varying his vigils in this way by a further examination of the mysterious treasures of his house, especially Mesmer's chest.
And who is the man si tting on the chest, with the
cord in his hand, looking out idly at the sea?
Don Quixote had got so far with his song, to which the duke, the duchess, Altisidora, and nearly the whole household of the castle were listening, when all of a sudden from a gallery above that was exactly over his window they let down a
cord with more than a hundred bells attached to it, and immediately after that discharged a great sack full of cats, which also had bells of smaller size tied to their tails.
This was not, however, a rope ladder, but a ball of silk
cord, with a narrow board which was to pass between the legs, the ball to unwind itself by the weight of the person who sat astride upon the board.
Presently I recalled the
cord that had been attached to the parcel when it fell at my side, and after a little groping my hand came in contact with it again.
