But her eyes were fixed on the gloomy face of Patterson, who was beginning to unlock the sepulchres of his memory and disinter his deeply buried thoughts.
"On the Frontier"
Bret Harte
"Fear so," I answered, "but we'll look;" and painfully we began to disinter him.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard
Here and there, a hand or a ghastly face appearing above the mud showed how many must be hidden altogether, and Ransome hurried home to get more assistance to disinter the dead.
"Put Yourself in His Place"
Charles Reade