As I notice his lips moving I hasten to his side ...

He finally staggers up to the last resting place of the late Slats Slavin and falls there with the blood pumping from the hole that Johnny Brannigan drills in his chest and as I notice his lips moving I hasten to his side figuring that he may be about to utter the name of the horse Slats gives him for me.

Damon Runyon

Since watching Guys and Dolls on New Year's Eve I've been dipping into Damon Runyon's stories. They are hilarious (mostly) and the phrasing is priceless.