All was consternation at Versailles, for it was soon perceived to be a severe if not a malignant attack; and at the same time all was perplexity.

Convinced at last, against his will, he walked on in silent consternation.

and who can express the consternation and despair into which he was thrown upon reading these words: "Fly this instant, or thou art a dead man.

The girl speedily returned in the greatest consternation, saying it had vanished.

A touch from Malagigi to prove the force of his spell awoke her, to the magician's consternation, with a great cry.

All was disorder, consternation, and flight; insomuch that, when Caesar laid hold of the colours of those who were running away, and desired them to stand, some left their horses behind, and continued to run in the same manner; others through fear even threw away their colours, nor did a single man face about.

But, on the other hand, Caesar could not place sufficient confidence in men so lately thrown into consternation, and thought he ought to allow them time to recover their dejected spirits; and having abandoned his works, he was apprehensive of being distressed for want of corn.

Some one, in the consternation of the hour, moved an adjournment.

" Mr. Godwin, with the candle flaring in his hand, passed hastily by her, too wrought by fear to regard either the ludicrous or incomprehensible side of Mrs. Butterby's consternation; and so, going down the corridor away from the stairs, he comes to the door of the little back stairs, standing wide open, and seeming to bid him descend.

"What's amiss, Kit?" asks Dawson, perceiving my consternation.

For a moment the utmost consternation prevailed among the Indians, but revenge was the second thought, and rapidly were their preparations made to seek the scene of the murder.

Didst thou not, by the conclusion of my former, perceive the consternation I was in, just as I was about to reperuse thy letter, in order to prevail upon myself to recede from my purpose of awaking in terrors my slumbering charmer?

[Illustration: The Two Colonels] Once, to our consternation, the little Colonel replaced his napkin in its ring without waiting for the signal from the tall Colonel.

Cries of fear and consternation arose, and forth poured the coolies again, helter skelter, like so many rabbits from a warren when the weasel or ferret has entered the burrow.

When the elephants had passed about halfway through, the men came rushing up pell mell, with consternation on their faces, reporting that a huge tiger had sprung out on them, and carried off one of their number.

DEAR MADAM,To the question, Who was impressed with consternation?

"Do not allow yourself to be thus moved, I pray you; but what I have to say is, that three months ago, we gave the Signor notice that we should require his services no longer, as we had reason to believe his visits were becoming something more than mere professional calls, and to our great consternation, we found that Miss Grosvenor was not entirely indifferent to his marked attentions.

This depredation reached as far as the waters of Sinuessa; the Numidians caused destruction to a vast extent, but flight and consternation through a still wider space.

The inmates were in wonderment and consternation, and, conduplicated evil!

That the time had come when Elmer Moffattthe Elmer Moffatt of Apex!could, even for a moment, cause consternation in the Driscoll camp?

Ralph struck an attitude of mock consternation.

The Peruvians, astonished at the suddenness of an attack which they did not expect, and dismayed with the destructive effects of the fire-arms, fled with universal consternation on every side.

"The news of Hampden's death produced as great a consternation in his party, according to Clarendon, as if their whole army had been cut off.

my enchanted sword!' exclaimed Hengist with a loud cry of consternation: 'it is lost, it is gone!

One knowing his tempestuous nature might have expected anger, consternation, resentment, to remain on his face.