Crafterfork

She stared at him in astonishment, and as she read something of the significant hieroglyphic of his battered face, her lips whitened.

Craneplanet

Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.

Buffalonimble

One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had him by the thigh, a third gripped his collar be- hind, and a fourth had the blade of the sword between its teeth, tasting its own blood. Diverglen.

She stared at him in astonishment, and as she read something of the significant hieroglyphic of his battered face, her lips whitened.

And with that he went off to see my father, taking me with him by the arm.