| As soon as a lull in the firing permitted, we ran across the street to the abris. |
| The chief work was digging the abris and carrying up beams and concrete blocks from the road for their construction. |
| The streets were filling with people, crowding into the Vavin Mtro station opposite and looking for the houses that were abris. |
| The Americans turned and ran up the road to one of these abris, the big man leading. |
| Next beyond the abris was the latrine from which a puff of wind brought now and then a nauseous stench. |
| Uncle abris once more grew pale, and retreating into the parlour, came out with a glass about as large as a thimble. |
