We now saw his large vacantly-patient brown eyes, the haggard outline of his face, and his nervously sensitive lips.

For a moment, he looked from one to the other of the visitors with a quiet childish curiosity.

Then his wandering glances detected the assistant, waiting behind us with the whip still in his hand.
In an instant the whole expression of the madman's face changed.
Ferocious hatred glittered in his eyes; his lips, suddenly retracted, showed his teeth like the teeth of a wild beast.

My aunt perceived the direction in which he was looking, and altered her position so as to conceal from him the hateful figure with the whip, and to concentrate his attention on herself.

With startling abruptness, the poor creature's expression changed once more.