Ah," the old nobleman said, "much as I had expected.

The old nobleman seemed enormously pleased with himself at having outsmarted Silk.

Ishmael hung before the huge geometric pattern that formed the eye of the old nobleman.

Detaching the wilting Dunsany from the table, he tried to edge the tall old nobleman toward the door.

And, inert as he was, he suffered the thin arm of the old nobleman to rest trembling on his neck.

An impoverished nobleman, too old to serve himself, with three daughters was distressed by this news.

So, if the demon dog was the old nobleman, the curse came true.

Foster thought that, if anything, the nearly twelve hours of extreme exertion the day before had improved the old nobleman's appearance.

"It is the herald, and also the son Wiglif, who stands at the ear of the King," the old nobleman said.

He watched the old nobleman lean forward, wag a bony finger.