The unmasked station agent was wiry; but his fingers could not loose that grip.
Those fingers which had gripped her, perhaps in mutual reassurance for an instant, loosed hold.
As her fingers loosed the brick, she suffered a terrifying thought.
Relentless fingers loosed their grip; tightened again as Mophrey managed to take air.
Then, only, did the fingers loose their hold.
The fingers loosed their hold and inside the cell Caspar fell like a sack, striking his head on the floor.
His right hand dangled; its fingers loosed their gun.
His finger, already tightening, loosed a futile shot from the revolver.
In a moment the dead fingers loosed their grip.
My fingers found a tiny catch and loosed it.