So faithfully had this contract been fulfilled, that now, as the carpenter approached the house, his practised eye could detect nothing to criticise in its condition.

He liked his drama to have plenty of action, and to his practised eye this one promised well.

Nowhere could his practised eye discern the usual clutter and scurrying confusion which surrounded a king in residence.

He was inured to horror; few manifestations of human cruelty, violence or desperation were unfamiliar to his practised eye.

The other serving ladies were middle-aged but his practised eye had picked this one out; glossy red hair, a puckish face and an inviting smile.

The princess looked at him, and her practised eye could at once detect what was passing in the young man's heart.

He walked over to the tree that Maffour had tied the rope to and knelt to run a practised eye over the knot.

Presently Hans, who, following certain indications which caught his practised eye, had cast away to the left, held up his hand and whistled.

'We win the day, Macumazahn,' said old Umslopogaas, taking in the whole situation with a glance of his practised eye.

Frank glanced his practised eyes over the results of the accountant's morning's work.