"Poor Derry, did I hurt you ?" and he soothed it very tenderly.
I stood and looked at Mr.Maxwell, for I had never seen any one like him.

He had thick curly hair and a white face, and he looked just like a girl.

While I was staring at him, something peeped up out of one of his pockets and ran out its tongue at me so fast that I could scarcely see it, and then drew back again.

I was thunderstruck.

I had never seen such a creature before.