sinister-smiling

Updated: June 20, 2025

Pale Hecate now, in the conspiracy, as it seemed, withdrew on a sudden the pall from before her face, and threw her beams full upon the figure. A slim, tall shape, in dark clothing, and, as it seemed, a countenance he had never beheld before black hair, pale features, with a sinister-smiling character, and a very blue chin, and closed eyes.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard