Whoa there, pardner, Kiril said in his best Duke impression, and grabbed hold of the armrest to keep from rolling into Fyodor's lap.

The amended criminal complaint specifically alleged that Hirsch touched A.L.H.'s front butt or vaginal area (Count I), then her back butt or anal area (Count II), and then her front butt a second time (Count III).

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

Touching wood possibly has reference to (a) the cross, or (b) the altar rails in days when criminals could take sanctuary in churches.