But he said no more, walking beside me with downcast countenance and brooding eyes fixed on our long shadows that led us slowly west.
— from The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
This speech was altogether so unlike what might have been expected from one of Leif’s kind and gentle nature that Karlsefin looked at him in some astonishment and seemed about to speak, but Leif kept his frowning eyes steadily on the ground, and the two friends walked the remainder of the road to the hamlet in perfect silence.
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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