hissing-in

Updated: May 28, 2025

But I like to see way out." He mollified the bald acknowledgment of his neutrality with a little bow and a hissing-in breath. Back of it all was a will that was inflexible, thought Rainey. "If we lose, you lose," he went on lamely. He had come on a fool's errand, he decided.

(Joseph Allan) J. Allan Dunn - A Man to His Mate