wet-browed

Updated: May 17, 2025

"At five minutes to eight I will tell you," he said, in a loud, overbearing voice. "Very good," answered Indiman, placidly. But the fellow's courage deserted him at the pinch, in accordance with Indiman's prediction. He sat there dry-lipped and wet-browed, a half-burned cigarette in his yellow-stained fingers, and his eyes fixed immovably on Indiman's watch.

Van Tassel Sutphen - The Gates of Chance