单词 | warder |
例句 | Once, one of the warders, a very pleasant young man named Warrant Officer Brand, actually took me to his family’s flat and introduced me to his wife and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders in the guards’ station whack the side of their wireless and tilt it this way and that, but only static comes out of its speaker. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I do not think that I was set up by the warder who left the newspaper on the bench, though some assumed I had been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard rumors that our people on the outside were organizing an escape for me, and had infiltrated a warder onto the island who would assist me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders usually sat in an office at the northern end talking among themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was handcuffed and kept in a remote corner of the boat surrounded by five armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The following day we learned of an extraordinary course of events: the warders had gone on their own food boycott, refusing to go to their own cafeteria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can remember warders saying, “Mandela, we have received a letter for you, but we cannot give it to you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders searched high and low, and found nothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We stayed in one comer of the cell that night, eating our sandwiches and reading the paper the warder also brought for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the Grand Gallery, two night warders stiffen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A man might lose his meals for a sidelong glance or be sentenced for failing to stand when a warder entered the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At 8 P.M., the night warder would lock himself in the corridor with us, passing the key through a small hole in the door to another warder outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked at each other in disbelief and glanced over at the warders, who seemed unaware that anything momentous had occurred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before the arrival of the post-Soweto prisoners, there was a shortage of warders, and the rebellious young men required even greater supervision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I motioned to my colleagues not to move, and I addressed the warder: “I would like you to produce the document from the commissioner of prisons authorizing our pictures to be taken.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They walk to the museum, and her father remarks distractedly to the warder who meets them at the door, “They say we are holding the river.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If one mentioned a name unfamiliar to the warders, they would interrupt the conversation, and ask who the person was and the nature of the relationship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the lower- ranking warders ordered us to go back to work, but we paid them no attention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so bold that each man seemed to require his own warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The two warders then began a thorough search of my cell to see if they could turn up anything else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, a warder had left his key on the desk in the office at the end of our corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hoping that Aucamp would agree to hear me out, but he studied me coldly and then turned to the warders and said calmly, “Charge him.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders were demanding that we jog, and I turned to Tefu and under my breath said that we must set an example; if we gave in now we would be at their mercy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been walking up some stairs when he was jostled by a warder, causing his hat to fall to the floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But if we could hear a whisper quite clearly, so could the warder, who would yell, “Stilte in die gang!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder was taken aback by my request and was unable to offer any explanation or produce anything in writing from the commissioner of prisons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The unfortunate warder did not win the contest, either. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had obviously been encouraged by the warders, who were hoping that the song would provoke us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I insisted that the warder who had beaten Ganya be removed from the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I spied a lifejacket behind two warders young enough to be my grandsons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next six months, until the warder was transferred, the old man would smuggle that day’s newspaper to Mac. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders were obviously drunk and were yelling and taunting us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning, when we were visited by the warders, he would complain to them about something — the food, the conditions, the heat or the cold. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In bits and pieces he explained the plan: one night, he would drug the warders on duty at the lighthouse to allow for the landing of a boat on the beach. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Security was tight; I went in a convoy of cars and military vehicles accompanied by at least a dozen warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This attracted the attention of the warders, and they shouted at us to get back to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, however, I was in my cell after dinner when a number of warders and a doctor arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, Mac told us that he now had the leverage he wanted over the old warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I always felt like lingering after Winnie left, just to retain the sense of her presence, but I would not let the warders see such emotion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I recounted our grievances regarding food, visits, letters, studies, exercise, hard labor, and the behavior of warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The tension between prisoners and warders had lessened somewhat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders always seemed to be short of money, and their poverty was our opportunity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The guide is a hunchbacked old warder hardly taller than a child himself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z However callous a warder may be, he is usually just carrying out prison policy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But we were so absorbed in the argument that we ignored the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder would walk up and down a few times to make sure we were not reading or writing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our conversation was awkward at first, and was not made easier by the presence of two warders standing directly behind her and three behind me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At roughly the same time we finished working at the quarry, one of the warders had the idea of converting our courtyard into a tennis court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we would see a group of common-law prisoners working by the side of the road, and their warders would order them into the bushes so they would not see us as we marched past. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I protested to the warder about his behavior, and he lashed out at me by kicking me in the shin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But shortly afterward the warder in question was transferred off the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few months, we would sprinkle a handful of sand along the corridor so that we could hear the warder’s footsteps and have time to stop talking or hide any contraband. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I met George in the consulting room and he was surprised to find a warder in the consulting room with us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I said I understood, and told Tefu that he could not be around when I was dealing with the warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the years that I was in prison, I never failed to be surprised when the warder called, “Time up!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The physician gave me a cursory examination, and then one of the warders told me to get dressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder was taking great risks, and he warned me that he was only prepared to deal directly with me, or the arrangement was off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked for moments when the warders were inattentive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, we were having our lunch under the shed when this warder wandered over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No warders, no janitors, no carpenters, no clop-clop-clop of a secretary’s heels crossing the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If the warder asked who Ngutyana was, we would say she was a cousin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The porthole served another purpose as well: the warders enjoyed urinating on us from above. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, we were hungry, and to reject the gesture altogether would humiliate the warder we were trying to befriend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder grumbled, “Mandela, you say you want long pants and then you don’t want them when we give them to you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the first techniques was engineered by Kathy and Mac, who had noticed that on our walks to the quarry, the warders often tossed away empty matchboxes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders were our audience, and they enjoyed our singing as much as we did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was ready, the warders would join us and we would all sit down on the beach and have a kind of picnic lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But, a short while later, the black warder saw a white warder take the apple he had rejected, and changed his mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally, I would not complain about an individual warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As always, when the warder yelled, “Time up!,” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next night, however, when the warder came to the window, Tefu strode up to the bars and said to him, “From now on I want my own tobacco. Just give it to me directly.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the hall, at the guards’ station, a warder twists the knobs of the wireless back and forth but finds only hiss and crackle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could see that the comrade who had befriended the warder wanted the sandwich, and I nodded for him to take it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before this, we had learned that a certain PAC man named Ganya had been beaten by a warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to circumvent the restrictions, I offered food to the warders, who might then relent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At Pollsmoor I got to know Gregory better and found him a welcome contrast to the typical warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was humiliating for a warder to carry his own lunch pail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the advantages of going to the quarry was that warders’ sandwiches were wrapped in newspaper and they would often discard these newsprint wrappers in the trash, where we secretly retrieved them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, a warder rapped on my cell door at bedtime. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, a few weeks later, the chief warder, instead of handing us hammers for our work in the courtyard, gave us each needles and thread and a pile of worn prison jerseys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, he told the warder he would write the essay in exchange for a pack of cigarettes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gone were the Coloured warders who had supplied cigarettes and sympathy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had not, and I told the warder to take them back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That first night, in the drill yard, one of us was pushed so violently by a white warder that he fell down some steps and broke his ankle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have realized that I thought he was white, because the first thing he whispered was, “I’m a Coloured warder from Bloemfontein.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This warder said that I must cease discussing politics, and I told him that I was dealing with a matter of national importance involving an offer from the state president. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was troublesome, for at the quarry we would hold dis-cussions among ourselves, and a warder who did not permit us to talk was a great hindrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1969 a young warder arrived who seemed particularly eager to get to know me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders smiled when we passed up the food. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never initiated conversations with warders, but if they addressed a question to me, I tried to answer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it was useful to have warders who were well disposed toward us, I often asked certain men to make overtures to selected warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The old warder agreed, and the following evening presented Mac with a newly bought pack of cigarettes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrified of being fired and losing his pension, the warder agreed to do whatever Mac wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They wind through warrens of hallways, past a warder who drops his newspaper and sits ramrod straight as they pass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In general we treated the warders as they treated us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning Marie-Laure wakes and dresses and follows her father through Entrance #2 and listens to him greet the night guard and the warder. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If the commanding officer was coming, the warders on duty would blow a whisde to warn us to pick up our tools. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was frustrating to spend precious minutes of one’s visit explaining to a warder the different branches of one’s family tree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When lawyers visited us, warders were not permitted in the room and we would sometimes pass a letter to the lawyer to be taken out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the office, I was surrounded by a half-dozen armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This warder was a weak fellow, and he started trembling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The aggressive young warders departed with Badenhorst as well, and we quickly resumed our customary behavior at the quarry and in our section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We even managed to fill the bucket all the way, but the warders had provoked us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But while waiting, I noticed a warder with a camera. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I also gave quite a lot of my harvest to the warders, who used to bring satchels to take away their fresh vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders would then drive us even harder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Often they would lay aside the tastiest morsels for the warders in exchange for favors or preferential treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next few weeks the Coloured warder came almost every night with tobacco and sandwiches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After our fingerprints had been taken, the chief warder ordered us to line up for photographs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast the following morning, two warders entered my cell and said I was wanted at the Head Office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I was permitted to receive pictures and to keep the album, warders would often search my cell and confiscate pictures of Winnie. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the few ways prisoners can take revenge on warders is through humor, and Van Rensburg became the butt of many of our jokes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the drums of breakfast porridge were wheeled into the courtyard, the warders commanding the work crew ordered the men out of the yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The racial divide on Robben Island was absolute: there were no black warders, and no white prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders ate at a larger shed with tables and benches. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I always tried to be decent to the warders in my section; hostility was self-defeating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z From one set of windows we could see other prisoners and warders as they walked past. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder was quite crude, but he soon began to relax a bit around this one prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But one of the warders was fluent in Xhosa and understood the content of our songs, and we were soon ordered to stop singing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I always preferred for Winnie to leave first so she would not have to see me led away by the warders, and I watched as she whispered a good-bye, hiding her pain from the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders did not like to linger when we cleaned them, so it was a chance to talk softly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The general prisoners carry the ‘suitcases’ of their warders, but we won’t carry yours — so we call you Suitcase.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The old warder hinted that if Mac helped him, there would be a reward. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Kathy managed to nudge it forward, the wheelbarrow looked as if it would tip over, and the warders began to laugh. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were required to doff our hats as the warder walked by. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had truly not expected such a scene; at most, I had imagined that there would be several dozen people, mainly the warders and their families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would then calmly explain our policies to the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One Saturday, after returning from exercise in the courtyard, I noticed that a warder had left a newspaper on the bench at the end of the corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1966, the warders had adopted a laissez-faire attitude: we could talk as much as we wanted as long as we worked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many Afrikaans-speaking warders, he was keen to improve his English. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always valuable to be familiar with regulations, because the warders themselves were often ignorant of them and could be intimidated by one’s superior knowledge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “ZITHULELE,” the Quiet One, was what we called the tolerant, soft-spoken warder in charge of us at the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were allowed out on our terrace all day long, except between twelve and two when the warders had their lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders ignored my protests, but by the end of the second week, I found a pair of old khaki trousers unceremoniously dumped on the floor of my cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The authorities did not regret giving permission, for once the garden began to flourish, I often provided the warders with some of my best tomatoes and onions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders went in first and cleared everyone out of the entrance area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder balked at touching trousers worn by a black man, and finally the commanding officer himself came to my cell to pick them up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that I was violating regulations, but I hoped the warders would be so surprised by the novelty of my action that they would do nothing to stop me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no point in having a permanent enemy among the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was on my way back to my cell, a very nervous white warder said that the commanding officer, Colonel Jacobs, had ordered me to hand over the kaross. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she arrived I said to her, “Have you met my guard of honor?,” gesturing to the warders who followed me everywhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders called us by either our surnames or our Christian names. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder who supervised us at night was a quiet, elderly Jehovah’s Witness whom Mac Maharaj had befriended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During those first few weeks, warders from other sections and even other prisons came to stare at us as if we were a collection of rare caged animals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The nightly visits of our Coloured warder went a long way to mitigate the harshness of the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards at the quarry and the warders in our section seemed a bit more deferential. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The presence of all the armed guards and warders so frightened her that she dropped the tray on my bed, spilling the tea, before rushing out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders even complained about the disarray, but never bothered to investigate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fie began to hover about when the warder came to the window in order to make sure that I was not hoarding the tobacco. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporters were barely out of sight when the warders removed the jerseys and gave us back our hammers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Warders’ lunch boxes were known as “suitcases” and normally a warder would designate a prisoner, usually his favorite, to carry his “suitcase,” and then reward him with half a sandwich. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The following week, the warder in charge announced that we must now fill the bucket three-quarters of the way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night Mac told the warder that he had his fingerprints on the pack of cigarettes and that if the old man did not cooperate, he would expose him to the commanding officer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of siphoning off food for themselves or to bribe the warders, the new cooks used all the food allotted us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, being friendly with warders was not an easy proposition, for diey generally found the idea of being courteous to a black man abhorrent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Having sympathetic warders facilitated one of our most vital tasks on Robben Island: communication. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They settled with the warders and then, a day or two later, we learned the authorities had gone to the general section and asked for three representatives to negotiate changes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was abruptly interrupted by the head warder, who said that I had to return immediately to Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder had an extra sandwich, and he threw it on the grass near us and said, “Here.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a warder behind each of us, and I decided I would simply gloss over what she had said, and mumbled, “Ah, well, Ma, it is nothing.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ag, Mandela, you are a troublemaker,” the warders would say. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We submitted it to our chief warder, who did not want to take it and accused us of violating regulations by making such a list. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had one warder at the quarry who seemed particularly hostile to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning, he and the other warders would discuss who would be charged that afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As we emerged from the cells, each of the accused was accompanied by two armed warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had neutralized the worst warders and befriended the more reasonable ones, though the authorities realized this and rotated warders every few months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Evil,” says a warder in the guard station. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z One day we heard that Bogart had been savagely beaten by a warder at the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, an officer and two other warders appeared and I did not even have time to slide the paper under my bed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We would distract the warders’ attention, pluck the papers out of the garbage, and slide them into our shirts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But by the following day, it was obvious the warders knew, for they took out their anger on us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he is taking Marie-Laure along on various errands again, teasing her about the mountains of sugar she spoons into her coffee or bantering with warders about the superiority of his brand of cigarettes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On one of our first days pounding rocks, a warder commanded Kathy to take a wheelbarrow filled with gravel to the truck parked by the entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the date had passed, the warders would typically send the book back without even showing it to you. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To be “charged” meant that a warder claimed that a prisoner had violated a specific regulation, which could be punished by isolation or by loss of meals and privileges. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It dissolved when they approached the entrance, and the warders, quick to notice the band of splendid young strangers, led them courteously within and sent word to the King of their arrival. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Just getting to the island itself was difficult, and added to that were the harsh rituals of the prison, the undoubted indignities of the warders, and the impersonality of the contact. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z African warders tend to be either much more sympathetic than white warders, or even more severe, as though to outdo their masters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unarmed warders walked among us, urging us to work harder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder promised Mac a cooked chicken in return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warder would then walk up and down the corridor, ordering us to go to sleep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, the warder asked this comrade for his jacket so that he could lay it on the grass and sit on it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders provided us with sandwiches and cold drinks and Lieutenant Van Wyck was perched in the back with us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way that even the authorities acknowledged, order in prison was preserved not by the warders but by ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mac told the old warder that he would think about it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The prison service provided me with a cook, Warrant Officer Swart, a tall, quiet Afrikaner who had once been a warder on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had one middle-aged African warder whom I occasionally was able to see, and one day I tried to bribe him with an apple to get him to talk to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What the warders did not tell us was that Vorster resigned as a result of press revelations about the Department of Information’s misuse of government funds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The warders pointed with their guns where they wanted us to go, and barked their orders in simple one-word commands: “Move!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The house had been built for a black warder years before, and now Sobukwe lived in it by himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you approach the warder in your corridor, and you are on good terms with him, he will simply go to the stockroom and fetch a blanket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the younger warders took me quite far afield, and we would walk on the beach and even stop at a cafe and have tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her of the harshness of the warders, and mentioned Van Rensburg in particular. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The strategy worked, for this warder became less wary around us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To get around the restrictions on discussing nonfamily matters, we used names whose meaning was clear to us, but not to the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The authorities normally preferred to have a ratio of one warder for every three prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This happened often, as the warders were generally unfamiliar with the variety and nature of African names. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignored him, and he returned minutes later with a senior warder whom I barely knew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were dependent on bells and warders’ whistles and shouts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no breaks; if we slowed down, the warders would yell at us to speed up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I heard the warder behind me say, “Time up! Time up!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Steve would speak to the warders in a condescending and grandiloquent style that they probably did not understand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the warders then reported to Kellerman that Andrew Masondo and I had not been working, and we were to be charged with malingering and insubordination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One complaint I voiced to the International Red Cross concerned the arbitrary way we were charged by the warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pair of warders watch from the end of the corridor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Unknown to me, I was being watched by a number of warders, who later said that my reaction confirmed that I knew a manuscript had been there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The censorship delayed the delivery of mail because warders, some of whom were not proficient in English, might take as long as a month to censor a letter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to go over to greet him, but we were marching under the eyes of a half-dozen warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ONE NIGHT, toward the end of May, a warder came to my cell and ordered me to pack my things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The tradition of tall tales spun by the yeoman warder, or beefeater, guides is as old as the Line of Kings itself. Tower of London's Line of Kings continues 400-year-old narrative 2013-07-07T14:40:26Z An armed warder leads me to a bathroom. Margie Orford: 'Working with these men helped me understand why South Africa is so violent' 2010-05-15T23:07:00Z The book's fictional core is the burgeoning relationship between Casement and his prison warder, whose son has died in the trenches. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z She doesn’t need them: Ms. Taylor is her own best warder. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Companion, Diana Taylor, Gives a Rare Interview 2013-12-27T23:22:28Z As well as the chairman of Visit England, this consisted of the publishing director of Rough Guide, a chef, four television presenters and a yeoman warder. Discover white-knuckle England with this handy holiday guide… 2013-04-27T23:05:40Z Another leading expert on art security, Will Geddes, questioned whether security staff savings would outweigh the potential costs of vandalism or theft of irreplaceable works of art, describing warders as a "visual deterrent". National Gallery's cut in number of warders condemned 2011-08-10T14:17:15Z The mortified warder, aware he was being cruelly mocked, never spoke to a visitor again. Tower of London's Line of Kings continues 400-year-old narrative 2013-07-07T14:40:26Z A warder used to say that Freud was coming to be with his people, the family of old masters. Life writ large 2011-07-22T17:34:00Z “Lockdown was probably the oddest experience in my life,” says McGowran, who spent nearly 26 years in the Royal Air Force before becoming a yeoman warder. As lockdown restrictions ease, a changed London awaits the return of foreign tourists 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Yet the gallery is extending the arrangements, and from this week Goyas and Canalettos in rooms 38 and 39 will also share only one warder. National Gallery's cut in number of warders condemned 2011-08-10T14:17:15Z The internal source said that faced with increasing visitor numbers and with more vagrants and troublemakers entering the , reducing warder numbers would place paintings in much greater danger of theft or damage. National Gallery's cut in number of warders condemned 2011-08-10T14:17:15Z Eventually a visitor told another warder what was happening. National Gallery's cut in number of warders condemned 2011-08-10T14:17:15Z Here one is greeted, not by a National Trust volunteer in a cosy cardigan, but by a real-life warder in a booth that resembles the nearby prison's check-in. Why I went to prison on my holiday 2010-08-22T18:59:00Z The carnal She Said even survives what can only be described as an outbreak of interpretative dancing by two men in warders' uniforms, who frogmarch Drew into the wings as the set ends. Plan B 2010-10-11T20:31:00Z This stirs further fears of theft and violence among the anxious locals, who are already double-locking every door and hiding behind grilles and bars, as if they're simultaneously prisoners and warders. Neighbouring Sounds – review 2013-03-24T00:06:39Z I need a drink, but those bars at the entrance are probably for warders only, and even they are divided along sectarian lines. The Glasgow International impact zone 2010-04-19T20:30:00Z Being in care is being caged, the social workers are little more than prison warders and even the sincere ones fail you, because they're powerless. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan – review 2013-04-26T16:00:01Z "It's like a holiday camp now, isn't it?" a woman says to the warder guide. Why I went to prison on my holiday 2010-08-22T18:59:00Z During the confusion caused by the fire in the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, Bester managed to escape from prison dressed as a warder. Thabo Bester: Body used in South African rapist's prison break identified 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z It turned out it was an elaborate ruse to allow Bester to escape that same night dressed in a warder's uniform. Thabo Bester: The South African rapist who faked his own death to escape prison 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “We buckled beneath the weight of this incessant refrain from teachers and warders,” she recalled. Opinion | An eyewitness reveals how China is brainwashing the Uyghurs 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Soldiers and 'Beefeaters' - the red-coated warders usually found guarding the Tower of London - stood vigil with bowed heads. Thousands pass Queen Elizabeth's coffin as she lies in state in London 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z A fire during a prison riot in south-west Colombia has killed 49 inmates and injured at least 30 other people, including prison warders. Colombia prison riot sparks deadly fire 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z His escape was helped by the lax conditions in the prison and his warders' assumption that he was resigned to his sentence. Obituary: George Blake 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z He allegedly greased a few palms, from warders to camera operators, and bought his way out of prison. Thabo Bester: The South African rapist who faked his own death to escape prison 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z There will be a Scandinavian-style emphasis on therapy and education rather than metal doors and warders with bunches of keys - even though this will remain a secure jail with a perimeter wall. Youth jail plans therapy rather than steel doors 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z As the first guilty was announced I watched one of the warders lean over and handcuff Moira's murderer. Diary of my daughter's murder: 'We were in hell on earth' 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z All beefeaters – formally known as yeoman warders - are retired from the armed services and must be former warrant officers with at least 22 years of service. Tower of London lies empty amid coronavirus with famous beefeaters cut off in isolation 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Years ago as a gallery warder at the British Museum I would often choose an object as I patrolled, and extemporise a brief story from it. Chastity belts, torture tools and ... a bit of skin? Three authors on their spooky inspirations 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The Lewis Chessmen set includes seated kings and queens, bishops, knights and standing warders and pawns. Ancient chessman bought for £5 could sell for £1m 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The Lewis Chessmen comprise of seated kings and queens, bishops, knights and standing warders and pawns. Long-lost Lewis Chessman found in drawer 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z I acted for her in 1974 when she pleaded guilty to plotting with a prison warder to escape. The myth of the she-devil: why we judge female criminals more harshly 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In a dimly lit hall, dozens of men in navy-striped uniforms sit in neat circles with a handful of green-clad warders. 'Mindful' jail project helps Kenya inmates 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z With its warders backed up by armed soldiers and its distinctively-shaped 'H' blocks, purpose built to house Northern Ireland's feared paramilitaries, HMP Maze became an instantly recognisable feature on the violent landscape of the Troubles. The biggest jailbreak in UK history 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z When in 1955 Hess failed to greet a Soviet warder, he lost all his reading materials for 10 days. How Britain supported the early release of Rudolf Hess - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z We learn something of the grubby economy of life behind bars, as well as the venal motives driving the warders, who maintain order by empowering their most thuggish charges. Alan Clarke's 1979 film 'Scum' remains a hard-hitting exposé of British youth prisons 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The warder was a former nun called Pat Cairns, who had fallen in love with Hindley. The myth of the she-devil: why we judge female criminals more harshly 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The atmosphere of despair, tension and aggression in many prisons leaves warders susceptible to mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder. 'Mindful' jail project helps Kenya inmates 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “He wanted very little to do with whites, with the warders.” Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Namibian independence leader imprisoned with Nelson Mandela, dies at 92 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z “He wanted very little to do with whites, with the warders,” on Robben Island, Mr. Mandela recalled in an interview after his own release in 1990. Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Namibian Independence Leader, Dies at 92 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Eleven witnesses said they saw Ryan fire the fatal shot, but a warder testified that the only shot he heard was his own. Last man hanged: 50 years in Australia without an execution - BBC News 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Her stories take the figure of the imprisoned “madwoman,” as found in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” or Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre,” and make her the warder of her own jail. The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z An inmate situated close to the hospital section told the paper Pistorius had injured himself intentionally, and it quoted two warders with knowledge of the section as saying razor blades were found in his cell. Track star Pistorius treated for minor wrist injuries: prison service 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z “Tomorrow they’re going to start enforcing my sentence. One of the prison warders told me.” The first 50 lashes: a Saudi activist's wife endures her husband’s brutal sentence 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Bullying, especially by old lags favoured by the warders as discipline-enforcers, was routine. Putin v Punk Pussy 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “The arrest of all warders and managers is not enough. This happened due to collaboration from within the jail at the highest level.” Escape of 'El Chapo': Frantic hunt in Mexico turns up no sign of drug lord 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Moses, among his other duties, is also a warder, personally responsible for the care of two dozen psychiatric patients, who are among the most vulnerable inmates in the jail. The prison where murderers play for Manchester United | David Goldblatt 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Gularte was calm as he was handcuffed by warders but became agitated when he was handed over to police outside the jail who put leg chains on him, Burrows said. Brazilian executed in Indonesia unaware what was happening until end -witness 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Now the house is being used as the living quarters for prison warders. World War One: Kenya's forgotten heroes 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z There are another eight prisoners and a prison warder who are following the law course from the UK university. From death row to graduation ceremony 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He was originally sent to a reformatory for robbing his school at the age of nine, but was later transferred for offences ranging from drug dealing to stabbing a warder. Fighting the gangs of South Africa's Western Cape 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The former prison warder, 36, received more than one million votes and thanked everyone for choosing her before performing her single Skyscraper. Sam Bailey wins X Factor final 2013-12-15T21:20:35Z A warder's first words when Nelson Mandela and his ANC comrades arrived were: "This is the Island. This is where you will die." Mandela death: How he survived 27 years in prison 2013-12-11T02:18:15Z His prison warders generously agreed to his request that he be allowed to stroll on the beach for a few minutes. Mandela death: How a prisoner became a legend 2013-12-07T00:11:42Z Emergency security team warders have further told us that they would assist in administering forced injections up to five times a week. Abuse claims at South Africa prison 2013-10-28T02:43:20Z "Hostage to a maniac" runs a headline in the Daily Mirror, in its coverage of an attack on warders by a group of inmates at Full Sutton Prison, near York. Papers question Syria arms move 2013-05-28T03:20:31Z The warders in the kitchen won't allow other prisoners to bring me food. Oscar Pistorius case highlights plight of South Africa's disabled prisoners 2013-02-22T10:44:11Z "Not a single witness of Hola Prison Staff, warders or detainees made any real attempt to tell truth". Mau Mau massacre papers revealed 2012-11-30T03:01:19Z Only once, when a bomb knocked a couple of warders off their feet, has the ceremony been so much as delayed. 50 free things to do in London: part one – central 2012-07-23T13:36:00Z He and other warders who have spoken to the BBC allege they didn't have enough staff or protection to deal with the maximum-security prisoners they were working with. Abuse claims at South Africa prison 2013-10-28T02:43:20Z Crowds lined the city's famed river banks to see the torch arrive, while Yeoman warders — the ceremonial Tower guards popularly known as Beefeaters — looked on from inside the landmark's grounds. Olympic torch comes to London, igniting a time of big excitement 2012-07-21T03:04:04Z Some warders try to help me but others ask me why I think I'm so special and require different treatment. Oscar Pistorius case highlights plight of South Africa's disabled prisoners 2013-02-22T10:44:11Z Eleven Kenyans were beaten to death by prison warders at the Hola detention camp. Mau Mau massacre papers revealed 2012-11-30T03:01:19Z Accusing the gallery of failing to properly protect its works of art, the PCS criticises new staffing methods requiring warders to "double up" on rooms where they would previously have had "1:1 invigilation". National Gallery faces Olympics strike threat 2012-07-17T19:03:15Z The Tower's famous Yeoman warders - commonly called Beefeaters - also will attend. Olympic medals placed at Tower for safekeeping 2012-07-02T17:34:08Z She was one of the warders at the gate, a guard or sentinel told off, with one or two others, to test each arrival at the entrance. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The heavenly warders at this passport open the golden gates. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He said there were also 40 warders with batons, supervising the prisoners at work, and a special platoon of 51 warders as a riot squad, equipped with batons and shields. Mau Mau massacre papers revealed 2012-11-30T03:01:19Z Many warders say the biggest threat to the paintings is accidental damage caused by clumsy visitors or crowds. National Gallery faces Olympics strike threat 2012-07-17T19:03:15Z Proceeding with his fellow-student to the city of Canton, they managed, through bribing some of the prison warders, to obtain a moment's admission to the aged mother of Hung-jin. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The dangers of ultimate success may not be so large; our prisons are nowadays strongly built, the warders and other officers are very seldom open to bribes, and the proportion of escapes is extremely small. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Nay, the very warders were often old offenders, who had earned their places by favour. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He was the warder of Italy, and he betrayed her. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z They argue that a decision to require warders to operate new security and bag search arrangements during the Olympics will make them even less able to protect the artworks. National Gallery faces Olympics strike threat 2012-07-17T19:03:15Z He caught the terrified warder by the shoulder and pushed him into the passage, where he turned to the right towards the stairway leading to the dungeons. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z It was in the house of one of the warders that I first saw 'Don Quixote.' Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z No warder at the gate Can let the friendly in; But, like the sun, o'er all He will the castle win, And shine along the wall. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z They even imagined that they were seen from the battlements, although, being themselves unable to see the warders, this was highly improbable. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z A spokeswoman for the National Gallery denied that the stoppages would inevitably lead to closure of some rooms, saying it depended on how many warders decided to strike. National Gallery faces Olympics strike threat 2012-07-17T19:03:15Z Come out; this villain warder will ungyve ye; then do the same with the rest of the comrades and follow up aloft. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The warders had been hurrying through the streets, I had seen the bloodhounds in leash; I sickened at the thought of the poor devils who would be captured and brought back between two muskets. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Hot suns had burnished his cheeks, but a hard career had entailed those abstinences which are among the surest warders of youth. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z The Conqueror of Death has forced His resistless way through the shattered gates of Hell, on which He stands, treading under His feet the gigantic leaden-coloured bulk of their demon warder. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Paid a warder for warding Mr. Clarke’s house, being infected, ordered by the Mayor 4 0.” Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z The warder edged away, seeking to hide behind his comrades. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z He was therefore allowed to drive out in a coach to any place within ten miles of London in the custody of a warder, and on his parole to return before dark. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Violence and wreck, Incendiary hate that sense should check, Mad mob-intimidation, brutal wrath,— These are strange warders for the pleasant path Of human progress! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z Not a challenge has the warder For these souls so sinless white; Round each brow the Saviour's blessing Circles like a crown of light. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z For′warder; For′warding, the act of sending forward merchandise, &c., for others.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The warder laughed brutally, flung a taunt, and cracked his whip in the air in challenge and menace. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z On the morning of that day he drove out to Epsom in the custody of his warder and upon his parole to return before dark. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Then 1247 advanced threateningly, and tried to put his foot upon the fallen warder. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Soon, beneath the palm-tree's shadow, Knelt she at the postern low; And thereat she knocketh gently, Fearing much the warder's no; All her heart stood still and listened, As the door swung backward slow. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z He was, so the prison warder informed me, one of the wealthiest bankers in the town. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Indeed, before Dennis had been watching the work many minutes, he had reason to know that the warders of to-day were even more ingeniously brutal than those of yesterday. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The porter gave him Father Myles's message; and the warder, since it appeared that he could only proceed as usual to his lodging, took his leave of him. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z "You are badly wounded yourself, 1430," one of the other warders said to me, as the rebels were rapidly secured and marched off sullenly back to prison. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z When once the deed was done, as the warder had reminded him, there was the probable shadow of the gallows. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z XLV Who was this watchful warder, now you shall be told. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Five trees lay upon the ground; the warders rose to drive the staples into others. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z This seemed so miraculous an occurrence that the warder ran to Mr. Kelly's chamber. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z I reeled on my feet so much that two of the warders jumped forward to support me. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Why do the Masai, whose social development is Pal�olithic in its simplicity, make trustworthy policemen and prison warders, while the Somalis have been found utterly worthless in both capacities? The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Finally, these warders had the brutality to bring in abandoned women, but these were compelled to retreat before the calm and dignified bearing of my worthy brethren. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The warders became more and more excited, and from cries proceeded to blows. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z A warder's rough hand jerked his cry out of utterance, and he listened to her during her evidence, watching her with that wolfish air of his and with those jaws ceaselessly at work. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z You must now go with these warders, who will restore you your own clothes, and then formally set you at liberty. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z He was a sooty-skinned, hairy little man of middle age, expansive enough with the native warders in Suva gaol, but reticent when questioned about his mission. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He was calling for his parents, and every now and then the elder prisoner could hear the harsh voice of the warder on duty telling the little boy to be quiet. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The three men set to work, the warders standing over them with their whips. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z After a time the warders began to let the chest pass without opening it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z At that moment the report of my shot had brought another warder hastily to the top of the quarry. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The chief warder placed his spectacles upon his nose, where they seemed uneasy, and made quite a business of signing. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z At chapel he used to sit right under the observation of two warders, who carefully watched him all the time. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Behind iron bars and in the presence of a warder, Henry Harper was allowed to look upon Mr. Thompson, to speak to him, and to offer the grapes he had brought him. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He continued thus until the tower warder, Rasmus, came and whispered something to him; then he went out. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Meanwhile the other convicts pressed savagely around us, trying to jump upon the warder's body and force their way past to the beach beneath us. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The warder who answered the knock seemed surprised at what he saw. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The warders, making their noiseless round, are surprised as they look through the wickets to see "gray figures on the floor." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z When the warder saw this thing, being yet giddy with the wine that he had drunken, he deemed that the dawn had broken. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z He sent one Dina, the wife of the warder to our lady, to offer to procure a boat for their escape. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z I cried, flinging down the rifle, and rushing up to the prostrate warder. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "Silence those men!" shouted Mr. Jarvis, the second warder, who was tall and thin as the chief was short and stout. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Sometimes he would bury his head in his hands, an offence against the chapel regulations, and his head would be immediately struck up by a warder.... Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Each door had for warders eighteen men, very mighty and young, well armed and full of valour. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Peder and the tower warder were not allowed both to leave him at the same time. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Last of all, Woollacott, the warder, stepped up to me and said simply, "I'm glad, sir, that it was through me as it all came out so right and even." The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z They went upstairs--the Major, the governor, the chief and second warders. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z A kind-hearted warder, finding the little fellow crying with hunger and utterly unable to eat the bread and water given it for breakfast, brought it some sweet biscuits. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The warder on his tower blew shrilly on his horn, and the demoiselle felt herself utterly undone, since she knew not where she had come, nor how to ask her way. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z His was the divine intoxication that may drug the warder, memory, but that wakes to no remorseful morrow.... An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Between this warder and myself, on the other hand, there soon sprang up a feeling which I might almost describe as one of friendship. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z Even as he spoke the chaplain entered, leaning on the chief warder's arm. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z But one of the warders had been a witness of the occasion, and the matter was reported to the Governor. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Now is sung: Brave the warder, full of guile, Straight he sought some cunning wile; Sought and found a song betime, Raised this sweet and pleasant rhyme. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z But see, here is the warder—your time is up. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z By that time the warders from above had safely reached us, and formed a circle of fixed bayonets around the rebellious prisoners. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "If there's goin' to be any fighting," interposed the chief warder, "don't you think I'd better get a couple of sponges and a pail of water?" Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z When he is safely in bed the warder removes the lamp, bolts and locks the door, and leaves Oscar to sleep or remain awake thinking, just as he pleases. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The warder from his post upon the tower marked their approach, and as they drew near heard them speaking of Nicolette, menacing her with death. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z “And if the warder ever knew anything, he knows it no longer,” said the last of the prisoners, coming down into the yard at that moment, “for he has just died suddenly.” Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z "Sir," the wounded warder said faintly from his stretcher, "1430 is an innocent man unjustly condemned, if ever there was one." The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z At that moment the chief warder entered the room. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z This, Mr Wilde truthfully said, was a "beautiful action on the warder's part." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Bent, bald, almost blind, though not more than sixty-five years old, I should hardly have recognized him without a word from his warder. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Your secret machinations have come to light; the warder has been keeping his eye on you of late, and will cause a terrible judgment to be passed upon you in a few days' time. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z It happened once, when I was left for a few minutes alone with the warder, that he made an attempt for a moment, contrary to regulations, to hold a little private conversation with me. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z I call you to witness that Major Hardinge has struck me to the ground, and the chief warder has thrown on me a pail of water. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The child, grateful for the man's kindness, told one of the senior warders about it. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z But no one stirred, except a warder, who, picking it up, delivered it to the lieutenant. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z I am not what I seem, but far more—I am the son of the warder, and can get anything I like out of him. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z A week or two later I was astonished one morning at receiving a visit in my London lodgings from the warder Woollacott, whose life I had been happily instrumental in saving at Portland Prison. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "But a man's not answerable for what he does when he's bewitched," persisted the chief warder, with characteristic sturdiness. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The result was that the warder who had brought the biscuits to the starving child was reported and dismissed from the service. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z But having recovered the first shock, the succeeding impressions were powerless in comparison, and she accompanied the warders to the guard-room without expressing any outward emotion. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z I'll wager that in a week's time we shall find ourselves in the same place as we are to-day, and the warder will know nothing.” Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z An idea seemed to occur to the warder suddenly; but he said not a word to me about it at the time. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The interruption was the more remarkable, because there was generally war--not always passive--between the chief warder and the chaplain. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z He is awakened by a warder at six o'clock, and whether he likes it or not, is compelled to get up. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Do the same with the warders at the next gate,—the Middle Tower,—and again at the Bulwark Gate. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Prisoners.—One morning the prisoners entered the yard for work, but the warder was not there. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z When it befell that Bessie’s glowing appeals, chiefly on collateral points of English history, but left the warder gaping she resorted straight to Lord Lambeth. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z In response to the governor's invitation, the chief warder entered. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z At eight o'clock a warder enters his room and places a lamp on the table to light the room. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z I dare say she hath an appointment on the Green with young Nicholas Hardesty, the warder. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z But remember this: I will only save those of you who believe that I am the son of the prison warder. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Some one then knocked at the door in order to give notice to the sentinel; the warder entered, looked at the dead man with a vacant air, and went away to get the assistant-surgeon. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The chief warder, with the empty pail in his hand, presented a really ludicrous picture of amazement. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z At nine o'clock the same warder again enters the room and gives Oscar five minutes to undress himself and get into bed. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Leaving the body, the men went down to the place where the six warders were waiting. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z When they had finished the strain, the portals were flung wide, and the voice of the warder called in ringing tones: “Now who be ye that bring such music from the harp?” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z There were two convicts waiting there with their warders. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The chief warder was a man named Murray. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z They notice that the warders are wearing their best uniforms, but the task they have just been engaged upon is revealed "by the quicklime on their boots." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z After this was done Fox bade them follow him into the prison, unlocking the doors with the gaoler's keys, and slaying the warders in charge. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z My lord’s heart is heavy, ease it with thy art,” and the warder conducted them into the hall where Guthrum sat with his jarls. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z There were none of the warders about; so everybody could give vent to his feelings in talk or otherwise. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He and the chief warder made a striking pair. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The Sisters were powerless, and at last a warder was sent for.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Ah! little they think of or care for the poor wretches that, in charge of warders or policemen, or both, are brought up from their cells, to stand pale and trembling before the judge. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z In answer to the knock at the portals of the bishop’s house, the warder declared that the bishop had returned but was at mass. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The old man opens the door, The warder comes and calls us. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Two or three other warders had accompanied him. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The Sisters hardly dared interfere, and it was only on rare occasions that the male warders were called upon to put an end to fierce quarrels and free fights. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The heavy door, which admitted no sound, was provided with a sliding hatch, which could be opened by the warders at will for purposes of investigation. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z In answer to her knock, a warder opened the door and asked her in. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z As to the warders, they are strong, their clothes are impenetrable to an ordinary stab. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z As they were going, the chief warder made another remark. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z My daughter several times brought proper soap and toothpaste for me, but the warder near the parlour invariably decreed: "You can't take these in; they are luxuries, and luxuries are prohibited here." My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z I got a warder to smuggle it out. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z There was the crash of arms, the hoarse shout of battle, and then the portals were flung wide, and the warder shouted: “The Dane, the Dane!” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Like you, I got violent—I tried to despatch a warder and get out. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The warders hung about in twos and threes; the noise was deafening; the prisoners were keeping holiday. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z A warder came, and I was escorted to my cell. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z It was the chief warder calling upon his fellow gaolers. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z They say there’s about half a hundred of them got away—killed a couple of warders, and done the deuce knows what mischief. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z “With the steel and with the poker—grinding the bricks into dust, and mingling the dust with the ashes of the fire, so that the warder himself carried them away.” World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The chief warder turned with automatic suddenness towards the unexpectedly and unusually plain-spoken officer. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z He acted as warder in the Yatala prison till, hearing of the war, he instantly volunteered. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z And he was allowed to see the prisoner occasionally in the presence of the chief warder, finding the unhappy man, for whom he had a truehearted sympathy, strangely quiet. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z He rang the bell, a warder opened the door and seeing the Chief Justice respectfully pulled off his hat. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Push your armchair up close under this picture, and speak low, lest a warder should steal along on tiptoe. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z When the chief warder seemed at a loss for an answer, the chaplain volunteered a remark. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The ring I was to show to the warder of the castle that he might admit me. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z He was positively delirious with fear, and the warder had not a little trouble to keep him quiet. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The Accused had closed her eyes for a moment and her limbs trembled like aspen-leaves, but she was able to rise by herself to follow the warders. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z We must not descend into the courtyard, because at one end there is a window—Theodore’s window—and he is here now; at the other it opens on the grounds, and warders are sometimes about. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The round finished, he held a consultation with the chief warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Give this ring to the warder as a token that I have sent you, and that he is to take you in to the castle, and take care of you. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Taras took hold of the lantern and entered, leaving the warder to his men. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The warder was astonished when he again asked admission to the cell, and Victorine looked at him with surprise. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Stabbed a warder... killed his wife by driving a nail into her head... World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The idea of the chief warder of an English prison talking about witchcraft at this time of day! Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The warder opened the door, and the young girl quietly entered. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The castles, churches and convents of the middle ages had their often highly ornamental locks and their warders to guard and open them. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z With a firm step he walked to the prison door, and the quiver in his voice was scarcely perceptible as he gave the warder the order to open Victorine Lippert's cell. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z If you stab a warder they will have a pretext to keep you here all your lifetime.” World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The chaplain and the chief warder solemnly shook hands. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The warder placed the cage on the prisoner's bed, murmured some excuse for bringing it, and left him. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Having gone the round Of seneschal and warder and the rest, I shall find access to the castle hall Without much trouble, offr'ing as excuse, I come to let Don Diego taste the wine. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z "You can lock up again," he said to the warder. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z However, there is no time to waste—the warder will return. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The Major took it--rather awkwardly--much more awkwardly than the chief warder had done. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Moreover, they placed a fine silken coverlet over the second bed, and the warder came and fixed a nail in the wall. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z "They hitch a nice little weight to their ankles when it appears advisable, and a warder with a shot-gun keeps his eye on them." By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z She was carried out; it was noticed by many and caused much scandal, that the counsel for the Accused lifted the lifeless body and helped carry it, instead of leaving this to the warders. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z The warder turned and seized him, and led him back to his chair like a child. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Look at old Murray--call a man like that chief warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Dishonoring thus thy loyal name, Fetters and warders thou must claim. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z That autocrat ordered the sullen-visaged 'Vandemonian,' as the warders designated him, to undergo several days in the 'box' on bread and water. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z When one of the female warders was taking her breakfast to her this morning, she found the door merely latched and the cell empty. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z I did not make it; the warder brought it to me. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z He went to a door at one side, and summoned another warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The speaker, who was in the uniform of a warder, strode up, and, bending down, roughly seized Cyril by the shoulder. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z She sent money and bribed my warder, so I was able to get out and drop down into the boat. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The warder, too, was struck by the proceeding. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z I don’t think I was ever fit to be a prison warder: I’m too soft. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z There were the inspector, governor, chief warder, second warder, and the warder who carried the keys. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The convicts are out in gangs all over the moor, zir, working under the charge of warders. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z He had been 'under observation' of a warder unconsciously since being carried there. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Well with you, Dr. Berger, I can--naturally enough--talk about the matter," replied the warder flattered, "although you are the prisoner's counsel and a friend of the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z All the same, though, I’ve been at it for twenty-five years; and I’m head warder now, and could retire when I like upon a pension. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z The chief warder departed to do the governor's bidding. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “I proposed to send for it by the warders.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Hence, as the first warder observed in a gruff whisper, 'they had no call to bother their heads if the poor chap's girl wanted a yarn with him. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The two female warders of the Infirmary cells were there too, sobbing. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z At the castle also the inmates seemed to be reposing in the greatest calmness and security; even the warders on the battlements were asleep. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z "As for the chief warder, I shall commence by indicting him for assault." Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z The warders came on, but Luke did not shrink. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Two warders had also noticed his conduct to prisoner Trevanion when he came out of hospital. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The warder felt himself in duty bound to call her attention to the importance of the visit she was about to receive. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z "The Lord bless you, if that be true, noble sir!" said the warder, joyfully; "I shall then not have to ride the wooden horse to-morrow because I slept?" King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z The same phenomenon was observable in the chief warder, who followed close upon the prisoner's heels. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “Better take the lady away, sir,” said the warder whom Luke had last addressed, and who had shown some rough feeling, as he beckoned him aside. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Towards the warders his demeanour was silent rather than sullen, but he could not be induced by threat or persuasion to affect the respectfulness which is, by regulation, enjoined between prisoners and officials. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The examination of the prison officials had just been concluded, but a few warders were standing about and attentively listening to the crafty H�binger's explanation of this extraordinary case. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z It was the watchman or warder of the castle, who now stood up, with a long spear in the one hand, and an alarm horn in the other. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z "No, I shouldn't think so," said the warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “You are right, warder,” said Luke, quietly, as he slipped a couple of sovereigns into the man’s hand. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The other warders, who had no special dislike to him, were indulgent rather than otherwise in their treatment and comments. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Count Henrik reined in his war horse impatiently before the outermost fortification, awaiting an answer to the message he had shouted, in the king's name, to the nearest warder. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Jim Truscott was standing outside with the gigantic Simon Odd close behind him, much in the manner of a warder watching his prisoner. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z At six a.m. a bell was rung, and the warders unlocked the night-cells for the occupants to go down to those beneath. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “I think we could lead the horse,” said the warder addressed, who began to feel some misgivings about the day’s work, as he truly read Cyril Mallow’s ghastly face. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z He staggered from weakness, so that the warders were fain to hold him up more than once. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "Dinner," replied the sentry, with equal terseness, which meant one o'clock, when the warders dined. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z In September 1865 the Irish People was suppressed, and several of the more prominent Fenians were sentenced to terms of penal servitude; Stephens, through the connivance of a prison warder, escaped to France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The bell was rung as usual, and the warders started to unlock, but there the adherence to custom ceased, for the doors of the cells refused to be unlocked. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z There was a terrible pause here, and, to a man, the warders turned away, for they saw what was coming now. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z These reflections were brought to a close abruptly by the sudden opening of the cell door and the entrance of two warders, one of whom carried a suit of prison clothes. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Now, apparently, they were below him, possibly keeping guard, and he wondered if they had been there every night, silent warders, whose presence had been all undiscovered by himself. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z It comes from Schio: Sleep, carry off my son, o'er whom three sentinels do watch, Three sentinels, three warders brave, three mates you cannot match. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z "So there has been," answered the chief warder, whose head and face and neck were purple. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z You zee the warders look pretty zharp after them, and their orders are strict enough. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The shorter warder grinned: 'You've got to see the barber and the photographer next. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The chief warder informed the judge that the prisoner was, or pretended to be, deaf; he understood nothing and was unable to read or write. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z We know you as one of our flesh, and 'tis well You are warder of hell, And heaven's gatekeeper forever to bind and to loose— Keep the keys if you choose. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z An interruption came from an unexpected quarter--from the chief warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “Who said warders?” panted Cyril, in excited tones. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z His head was burning, his eyes darkened, he gasped for breath, and before either warder could save him, fell prone and heavily on the stone floor. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Jeffrey had been down on the green, participating in the evening revels; but the careful warder returned to his post as soon as anger took the place of amusement. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Three prison warders and a housewife were shot dead in two separate incidents in the state capital Maiduguri last week and a policeman was seriously injured in another shooting. Nigerian Islamist sect rejects amnesty offer 2011-05-09T21:13:15Z "There's nothing I wouldn't do to oblige you, Mr. Mankell," stammered the chief warder. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z “Then you would not shoot one if you were a warder?” said Luke, hardly knowing what he spoke. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Even the warders, though unused to the melting mood, were raised from out of their ordinary groove of total indifference to human suffering not provided for by the gaol regulations. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I saw the light in the sky," the warder continued, "and was thinking whose stacks had been fired this time, only it didn't last long now. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z "Well, be it on your head," cried the warder, with a grim smile; "though a two-inch cudgel or a fall from the battlements is the best thing to be hoped for you." Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z He came down to the chief warder in rather primitive disarray. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z These daily walks, like all the work of the prison, took place in silence, broken only by the warders' words of command delivered in the raucous voice that tradition has dictated. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z At the deck he was met by the first and second officers, to whom an important-looking document was presented by the senior warder who had come down in charge. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Finally, they got him down into the police cells on the ground floor, when he delivered his loyal oration to the warder. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Nay, warder, you would not squeeze the Church in the wicket gateway! Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Here Mary paused and burst out with: “‘What, warder, ho! The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z There was just a suspicion of softening from the warder's usual manner in the order. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z |
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