← Soames's laugh was a short, single, and mirthless sound from the throat, unaccompanied by any movement of the face or brightening of the eyes. 🔊
← I held it upright, at its full width, close to my face, so that I had no view of anything but it. 🔊
← The devil stepped sharp back against the table behind him, averting his face and shuddering. 🔊
← "Soames," he said as to an underling, but without turning his face, "put those knives straight!" 🔊