The quarter of an hour brought her punctually to the white gate again and Miss Smith receiving her summons, was with her without delay, and unattended by any alarming young man.
It was an alarming change and Emma was thinking of it one morning, as what must bring a great deal to agitate and grieve her, when Mr.
Whatever they were dealing with had spread and it did so at an alarming rate.
Over the last few years, an alarming number of people, mostly students, were being treated for mysterious medical conditions, like severe disorientation or complete memory loss.
Such a development was not only surprising, but in its own way, alarming.
Eustache, when, calling for her, at the hour appointed, in the Rue des Drâmes, he should find that she had not been there, and when, moreover, upon returning to the pension with this alarming intelligence, he should become aware of her continued absence from home.
Edwin was burning through their energy at an alarming rate, and she had to act quickly.
By far, though, the most alarming accessory was the massive broadsword he leaned against lazily like a cane.
Dozens more of the infected came out as the day progressed, their numbers growing at an alarming rate.
Listlessness had settled over him, alarming his mother to the extent that she had all but begged Cianne to look after her son.
