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Stepan Trofimovitch got up from his easy chair and turned pale. "Don't believe it, don't believe it! Somebody has made a mistake and Lebyadkin's drunk..." exclaimed the engineer in indescribable excitement. "It will all be explained, but I can't.... And I think it's low.... And that's enough, enough!" He ran out of the room. "What are you about? Why, I'm going with you!" cried Liputin, startled.
I have been busily engaged penning descriptions of the ghosts I and others have seen, when I have been startled by the fact that my paper, originally white, has suddenly become the colour of the sky, and on looking hastily up to discover a reason, have been in no small measure shocked to see my candle burning a bright blue. An occult manifestation of sorts has invariably followed.
He was evidently still enjoying the humour of Dr. Rob's prohibition. The Rosary has but one opening chord. She struck it; her eyes upon his face. She saw him sit up, instantly; a look of surprise, expectation, bewilderment, gathering there. Then she began to sing. The deep rich voice, low and vibrant, as the softest tone of 'cello, thrilled into the startled silence.
He knew it was the exact number of these animals possessed by the yellow hunter and his comrade; and this startled him with the suspicion that it was the return trail of these men from their hunt upon the prairies! A further examination quite assured him of the truth of this.
The children had not seen their mother for two or three hours, and looked startled when they found she was missing. Messengers were sent to the nearest neighbors to make inquiries, but no one had seen her. Mr. P 's face began to wear a troubled look as he walked the floor, from time to time going to the door and casting anxious glances about the premises.
"You were captain of the Hooghley, wrecked on the Malabar coast, nine years ago," Dick said, this time speaking in English. After an exclamation of startled surprise, the man stared at him in an astonishment too great for words. "Are you English?" he said slowly, at last. "Yes, I was in command of the Hooghley. Who, in God's name, are you?" Dick took his two hands.
What I had heard over the 'phone had awakened me thoroughly. There should be no more dreaming. I stepped out upon the gallery. "Good morning," I said. She turned quickly, and I heard her catch her breath with a little gasp. "I beg pardon," said I; "I'm afraid I startled you." She was startled, that was evident, and, it seemed to me, a trifle embarrassed. But the embarrassment was but momentary.
The words, "It is lovely!" were still on the lips of the youthful Gertrude, who saw all the beauty of the picture her aunt had essayed to describe, without descending to the humble employment of verbal criticism. But her voice became hushed, and her attitude that of startled attention: "Did you hear nothing?" she said.
I've found it," cried Droop, and, taking Rebecca by the arm, he led her toward the broken place in the wall. The match went out just as they reached it. Droop was about to suggest that he go in first to see if all was well, when he was startled by Rebecca's hand on his arm. "Hark!" she cried. He listened and distant cries coming nearer through the night were borne to his ears. "What's that?"
He did not notice the sudden tremble of Jan's fingers, nor did he see the startled look that shot into the boy's down-turned eyes. Jan finished his bandaging without betraying his emotion, and went back with Cummins to the company's store. The next morning, two Chippewayans trailed in with a team of mongrel curs from the south. Thereafter Cummins found but little time to devote to Melisse.
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