Brighton instinctively moved to protect himself, and took up the only weapon within his reach, one of the little manikins on the mantel behind him.

These were perfect little manikins of wood representing all the grades and orders of Egyptian society who would work for the king in the hereafter, so as to enable him to maintain his estate and the style of his existence in the underworld.

She clutches the tattered little manikin to her shoulder and whispers, "You make it snow for me!"

And Sean obeyed, shortening his stride to that of the little manikin.

But I must say, sir, that not a single one of the arrogant little manikins who claim I mistakenly cast the spell upon our own brave and patriotic soldiers has any true knowledge or understanding of the arcane forces at my control.

My clever little manikin.

Had the clumsy wheel-chair, heavy with its own momentum, sailed into space like one of those ridiculous flying contraptions in a James Bond film, the little manikin secure among his gadgets, ready to pull the lever and sport wings?

The thought of that cold-fish little manikin using her body to slake his mechanical desires was macabre.

"Ahhh, you are a bright little manikin," she said.

She stopped just long enough at the gate to invoke a gnome, a twisted and ugly little manikin the color of old stone.