she could only gasp during the transit
At first, there was an ominous silence in respect to words.?Portentous sounds increased, however, for Mrs. Wiggins strode about with martial tread, making the boards creak and the dishes clatter, while her red eyes shot lurid and sanguinary gleams.?She would seize a dipper as if it were a foe, slamming it upon the table again […]