Cleek's

The queer little one-sided smile, so indicative of the man, travelled for a moment up Cleek's cheek and was gone again in a twinkling.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

These holes were placed so low down that it was physically impossible to see through them, and though Cleek's eyes noted their appearance there in the vault, he said nothing and seemed to pay them little attention.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

They found a grim little party awaiting them but at sight of Cleek's face Mr. Narkom started forward, and put a hand upon his friend's arm.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

The curious little one-sided smile travelled up Cleek's cheek and was gone.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

Cleek's eyes suddenly silenced him as though there had been a spoken word.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

A clamour rose as they poured in; the dancers ceased to dance; the music ceased to play; and Margot, shutting a tight clutch on the loosened part of her half-unfastened bodice, swung away from Cleek's side, and flew in

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885

Cleek's, and if he had not laughed aloud, he knew that he must have cheered.

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885

At the words the truth rushed like a flash of inspiration across Cleek's mind.

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885

Then, as Cleek's fingers clamped tight again and the battle began anew, one long, thin arm shot out from amongst the writhing tentacles, one clutching hand gripped the leg of the table, and, with a wrench and

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885

The big old grandfather clock at the top of the stairs pointed ten minutes past two, and the house was hushed of every sound save that which is the evidence of deep sleep, when the door of Cleek's room swung quietly open, and Cleek himself, in dressing-gown and wadded bedroom slippers, stepped out into the dark hall, and, leaving Dollops on guard, passed like a shadow over the thick, unsounding carpet.

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885