And he was away, bawling for my account at the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
Jen waited at the stairhead and bowed Sidras into the office. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
But Sir Randal had met her between the door and the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
She paused, glanced around, then went quickly to the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
Not even the 'stairhead critics,' who, as Auld Reekie's poet writes. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Beyond was a little stairhead, with light coming up from a lamp below. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Cresacre and Hagman were waiting at the stairhead with pointed rifles. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Battle]
She turned right at the stairhead and ran through a door that she slammed behind her. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Battle]
The greenjackets were reloading, waiting for orders, and Sharpe went to the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Gold]
He is a little timid, 'he proceeded, stiffening himself, and walking trimly to the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Harper took the two bodies at the stairhead, one at a time, and hurled them after the other man. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Enemy]
Seeing the guards at the stairhead shift their pikes toward him, Conan finally made up his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Warlord]
The man at the stairhead opened a door on the left and they found themselves in a small bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Hercule Poirot's Casebook]
"Quietly," he said, and as they crept towards the stairhead, he slid the sheathed knife into the pocket of the tweed jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Windham had followed her, and the four came together to the stairhead, but there they stopped, and the young girl broke into wild screams. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
He stepped hastily to the stairhead, and gave it vent. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
He opened his door, crept out on to the stairhead, and listened. From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
I was aware that the first of my assailants was at the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Brigands of the Moon] Reference
And while Marishka watched the stairhead in terror, Yeva helped the. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Witness] Reference
Marcadel's voice, urgent, insistent, summoned him to the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Night] Reference
At the stairhead, beyond the range of a bullet's flight, Peter paused. From Wordnik.com. [Copper Streak Trail] Reference
Miss Valery met her at the stairhead, coming from the gallery where were. From Wordnik.com. [Agatha's Husband A Novel] Reference
We met them at the stairhead, and Monty did not seem to notice anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
George had a glimpse of her face; waved encouragement from the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Once Aboard the Lugger] Reference
Hearing her husband's voice, she came out to the stairhead to speak to him. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
Powder enough, put case ye set it there, at the stairhead -- d'ye follow me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays] Reference
The stairhead lay a short two yards from me, to be reached by one bold leap. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Revel] Reference
At the stairhead, he came upon the same servant he had seen sweeping the veranda. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
Napoleon paid his respects soon after her arrival, and they met at the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
As a young girl she was somnambulistic, and once fell down a stairhead during sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
His head vanished but the drone of his descending voice boomed out of the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
He directed the ray of the torch upon the door on the immediate right of the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Sins of Séverac Bablon] Reference
And, before its echoes could die away, Kathrien was out of her room and at the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play] Reference
Across the stairhead I could hear Jimmy shouting music-hall ditties -- his custom in his bath. From Wordnik.com. [Foe-Farrell] Reference
I found that the hook, if pressed upward, allowed the door to swing outward, over the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont] Reference
But Claude was thinking more of her present peril than of this; he had moved from the stairhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Night] Reference
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