1 I pulled through it, though nobody threw me out a rope.
2 There was no rope-dancing for me; I danced on the bare ground and was larruped with the rope.
3 The signal was given and the windlass stopped, with abundant rope to spare.
4 The rope came in tight and strained; and ring after ring was coiled upon the barrel of the windlass, and all eyes were fastened on the pit.
5 The rope went out as before, the signal was made as before, and the windlass stopped.
6 For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained.
7 It was scarcely endurable to look at the rope, and think of its giving way.
8 The door accordingly was opened; and the hermit, a large, strong-built man, in his sackcloth gown and hood, girt with a rope of rushes, stood before the knight.
9 She had been fastened by a rope, and jagging and snarring like a boat at its moorings; now she was loose and adrift.
10 He lighted his lantern from that which Monks had detached from the rope, and now carried in his hand; and making no effort to prolong the discourse, descended in silence, followed by his wife.
11 The business that I have really called about is this, to borrow the longest and strongest rope you have.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment 12 Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 13 The talking ceased, and Fairway gave a circular motion to the rope, as if he were stirring batter.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 14 At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the grapnel below.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 15 It grew smarter with the increasing height of the bucket, and presently a hundred and fifty feet of rope had been pulled in.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama