| 1 | Bill visited Connie every day. | |
| 2 | But as he peeked from beneath the covers, his gaze was drawn not to the cradle but to the window. | |
| 3 | For the previous 30 minutes he had caught glimpses of a policeman peering through the door window. Now he hoped to give him a chance to act. | |
| 4 | It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the depth of the recess. Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see. | |
| 5 | Miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had had converted it into a great lump of gold, which he hid in a hole in the ground, and went continually to visit and inspect it. |