1 He hadn’t eaten since nine that morning and his stomach was growling with hunger.
2 He picked up the book he had been reading before I came into the room, and turned the cover of the page to mark the place where he had stopped reading.
3 The Romans destroyed Jerusalem with fire and killed many of the inhabitants.
4 No sooner had they arrived at this point than a most violent and startling knocking was heard at the door.
