Griers

In her eyes I corresponded to De Griers, and therefore had been condemned for a fault not wholly my own.

The Gambler 2003

De Griers smoothed his hair, and twisted his angry face into a smile — into the mean, studiedly polite French smile which I so detested; while the downcast, perplexed General assumed an air of dignity — though only in a mechanical way.

The Gambler 2003

Griers sat petrified — an extraordinary look of uneasiness dawning on his face.

The Gambler 2003

De Griers: consequently, I was momentarily awed into silence by this expression of resentment.

The Gambler 2003

De Griers smiled contemptuously, and shrugged his shoulders.

The Gambler 2003

Griers, has actually been playing the suppliant to ME!

The Gambler 2003

Griers has found it necessary to put in his oar (and he only interferes on the most important occasions), and to visit me, and to address to me the most earnest supplications.

The Gambler 2003

Gus insisted that Bill had the best right to it, and as the Griers and Mrs. Brown had long been the best of friends and lived almost next door to each other, all the members of the carpenter's family would be welcome to listen in whenever they wanted to.

Radio Boys Cronies Samuel Francis Aaron 1899

Griers in a conciliatory tone, yet with rising anger.

The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851

"Nor do I intend to let the Baron off," I continued calmly, but with not a little discomfiture at De Griers 'merriment.

The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851