half-caught-out

Updated: June 17, 2025

Bianca's face had no expression, except the faint, distant curiosity which seems to say: 'You are a sealed book to me; I have always found you so. What you really think and do I shall never know. The little model's face wore a half-caught-out, half-stolid look. "Please go in," Bianca said; "my father will be glad to see you." She held the garden gate open for the girl to pass through.

John Galsworthy - Fraternity