You sacrificed truth and honour to your own inclination, or your own interest, I do not know, and do not ask which.

If the bargain has turned out a bad one, that's your look-out." Philip Sheldon sat with his folded arms resting on the little table and his eyes fixed on Georgy's face.

They could be very stern and hard and cruel, those bright black eyes, and Mrs.Halliday grew first red and then pale under their searching gaze.

She had seen Mr.Sheldon very often during the years of her married life, but this was the first time he had ever said anything to her that sounded like a reproach.

The dentist's eyes softened a little as he watched her, not with any special tenderness, but with an expression of half-disdainful compassion--such as a strong stern man might feel for a foolish child.
He could see that this woman was afraid of him, and it served his interests that she should fear him.