glintered

Updated: July 10, 2026

The sentry conversed with the prisoner. At last the girl saw a head thrust slowly from under the beam. She perceived the face of one of the miraculous soldiers from the feed box. A pair of eyes glintered and wavered, then finally settled upon her, a pale statue of a girl. The eyes became lit with a kind of humorous greeting. An arm gestured at her. Stooping, she breathed, "All right."

Stephen Crane - The Little Regiment: And Other Episodes of the American Civil War

The sentry conversed with the prisoner. At last the girl saw a head thrust slowly from under the beam. She perceived the face of one of the miraculous soldiers from the feed-box. A pair of eyes glintered and wavered, then finally settled upon her, a pale statue of a girl. The eyes became lit with a kind of humorous greeting. An arm gestured at her. Stooping, she breathed, "All right."

Stephen Crane - The Little Regiment