indicativeness

Updated: July 10, 2025

The sudden fear attacked him that he was too late. He made a complete and careful circuit of the grounds, noting with the fancied shrewdness of his mood every circumstance upon which a meaning might be placed. The blankness of the first floor was merely indicative but when he noted also the dark sash of Farquaharson's window indicativeness assumed a more sinister emphasis.

Charles Neville Buck - The Tyranny of Weakness