And then: The change in the man was so startling, his muttered exclamation--so natural that its profanity never even grated.

His eyes seemed to be starting out of his head, his lips were drawn back from his teeth.
Blank, unutterable surprise held him, dumb and spellbound, as he stared at a half-sheet of type written notepaper.

She herself, amazed at his transformed appearance, found words for the moment impossible.

Then a queer change came into his expression.

His eyebrows drew closer together, his lips turned malevolently.