half-aversion

Updated: May 28, 2025

The actress passed on, with a final look of half-aversion, half-pity, at the prostrate body. The comedian and I were both by that body within two seconds. "Frozen or starved, sure!" said the comedian. "Poor beggar! Look at his straw hat. Observe his death-clutch on the cane." From down the alley came two sounds: one was a policeman's approaching footsteps; the other, of a woman's laughter.

Robert Neilson Stephens - Tales from Bohemia