staring-like

Updated: June 8, 2025

Walking up and down, walking up and down, her face oh, ma'am, her face staring-like most 'orrible and wringing her hands. Then she'd go over to the window, lean out, and disappear, down into the black water!" In a calmer tone Pegler added: "The moat used to be much bigger and deeper than it is now, ma'am so they all say." "All?" said Miss Farrow sharply. "Who do you mean by 'all'?"

Marie Belloc Lowndes - From out the Vasty Deep