Clear and limpid to the naked eye, it was alive with small objects of a most suspicious nature, when properly magnified.

I knew those hungry forms.

Still, I would not decide offhand on my own authority in a matter of such moment.

Sebastian's character was at stake--the character of the man who led the profession.

I called in Callaghan, who happened to be in the ward, and asked him to put his eye to the instrument for a moment.