But the doctor was made of too stern stuff to be troubled in this way, even after the promptings of his companions; and wading on, with the water feeling deliciously cool as it plashed musically about his feet, he noted that the brown face looked fixed and strange, the lips parted, revealing the black, filed teeth, and such an air of exhaustion displayed in the eyes, that he hurried his steps.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Here, as she stood close to the edge with the black piles looming up around, she fancied they were the whisperers as the water heaved and plashed, and rippled and fell.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
After going several times to and fro, she had at length stationed herself by the casement; and there crouching in its embayment-her form shrouded by the silken tapestry-had she remained for hours, eagerly listening to every sound-listening to the rain, as it plashed heavily on roof, terrace, and trees-watching the lightning's flash-straining her eyes, while it glared, adown that long arcade between the chestnuts, that bordered the path by which the nocturnal excursionists might be expected to reappear.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid