She was pained, and showed it, and was ashamed of herself for showing it; and that very nearly fetched the tear.
'Our host is an instance in proof,' Colney said.

He waved hand at the house.

His meaning was hidden; evidently he wanted victims.

Sight of Lakelands had gripped him with the fell satiric itch; and it is a passion to sting and tear, on rational grounds.

His face meanwhile, which had points of the handsome, signified a smile asleep, as if beneath a cloth.