floor at his mother"s feet, an appalling picture of remorse
The man gave one loud and fearful yell, and dashed himself on the
floor at his mother"s feet, an appalling picture of remorse. The scene,
indeed, was a terrible one. He rolled himself about, tore his hair, and
displayed every symptom of a man in a paroxysm of madness. But among
those present, with the exception of the mother and son, there was not
such a picture of distress and sorrow, as the wife of the Dead Boxer.
She stooped down to raise the stranger up; 'Unhappy man,' said she,
'look up, I am your sister!'