His face had lost its scornful expression and given way to one almost sheepish in its mildness.

"Arter a spell I got over bein' so mighty sheepish about Hetty; her ways was too kindly for me to keep on that tack.

He looked sideways and kind o' sheepish at the house as he passed.

"What?" burst out St. George, then looked almost sheepish for showing his excitement.

No longer a road-house on the incandescent road to dawn, there is something hangdog about its very waiters, moving through the easy maze of half-filled tables; an orchestra, sheepish of its accomplishment, can lift even a muted melody above the light babel of light diners.