But on the outskirts of the town itself, was a man whose life still lay at stake.

The new life that seemed so full of promise lay dying at her feet.

His life lay in the established order of things.

He should've hated me for such thoughts, since his life lay here in my hands too.

Our lives lay apart and I knew it must be so.

Then I felt sinkingly as if my whole life lay behind me.

Very much the smallest, yet life and a whole skin lay wrapped inside that one.

I think his whole life and interest lay in his profession of making money.

Thus from that hour our life lay under a shadow.

How many lives lay in those creases now, My own.