Mr. Byrd, who had such solid, if private and uncommunicable, reasons for believing in the guilt of Craik Mansell, was somewhat taken aback at this unlooked-for decision of Mr. Ferris, and, remembering the temptation which a man like Hickory must feel to make his cause good at all hazards, cast a sharp look toward that blunt-spoken detective, in some doubt as to whether he could be relied upon to keep his promise in the face of this manifest disappointment.
"Hand and Ring"
Anna Katharine Green
She smiled, but the smile only gave you a new thrill; it was vacant and had no joy in it, rather an uncommunicable grief.
"Marm Lisa"
Kate Douglas Wiggin