heavy-as-lead

Updated: May 29, 2025

Professor Thunder met them at the entrance, with his studious manner and his solemn black hat. The raid was going to express itself forcibly; it did refer to "iniquitous frauds," "shameful imposition," "scoundrels," &c., but the Professor's big, penetrating voice, his heavy-as-lead manner, triumphed. "Most unfortunate, gentlemen, a most lamentable disaster," he said.

Edward Dyson - The Missing Link