Спрут: Калифорнийская история

           Forreasonsthatwereinexplicable,great,tumultuousheavings,likeground-swellsofanincomingtide,surgedoverandthroughthemultitude.Attimes,Presley,liftedfromhisfeet,wassweptback,back,back,withthecrowd,tilltheentranceoftheOperaHousewashalfablockaway;then,thereturningbillowbeatbackagainandswunghimalong,gasping,staggering,clutching,tillhewaslandedoncemoreinthevortexoffranticactioninfrontofthefoyer.Herethewaveswereshorter,quicker,thecrushingpressureonallsidesofhisbodylefthimwithoutstrengthtoutterthecrythatrosetohislips;then,suddenlythewholemassofstruggling,stamping,fighting,writhingmenabouthimseemed,asitwere,torise,tolift,multitudinous,swelling,gigantic.AmightyrushdashedPresleyforwardinitsleap.Therewasamoment’swhirlofconfusedsights,congestedfaces,openedmouths,bloodshoteyes,clutchinghands;amoment’soutburstoffurioussound,shouts,cheers,oaths;amoment’sjamwhereinPresleyveritablybelievedhisribsmustsnaplikepipestemsandhewascarried,dazed,breathless,helpless,anatomonthecrestofastorm-drivenwave,upthestepsoftheOperaHouse,onintothevestibule,throughthedoors,andatlastintotheauditoriumofthehouseitself.

           Therewasamadrushforplaces;mendisdainingtheaisle,steppedfromoneorchestrachairtoanother,stridingoverthebacksofseats,leavingtheprintofdustyfeetupontheredplushcushions.Inatwinklingthehousewasfilledfromstagetotopmostgallery.