He was all hunkered up; his hair and teeth and claws were complete.

The eyes were closed, but the eyelids had not the fierce look which I expected.

The whiskers had been pressed down on the side of the face by the bandaging; but when the pressure was taken away they stood out, just as they would have done in life.

He was a magnificent creature, a tiger-cat of great size.

But as we looked at him, our first glance of admiration changed to one of fear, and a shudder ran through each one of us; for here was a confirmation of the fears which we had endured.
His mouth and his claws were smeared with the dry, red stains of recent blood! Doctor Winchester was the first to recover; blood in itself had small disturbing quality for him.