Without a word , she bounded bound up and flitted flit off like a brown bird , gleaming dull-golden in the sun , glancing glance in and out among the trees , till she paused pause above a tiny black pool , and then came tripping trip and swaying sway back with hands held hold cupwise and dripping dripping with cool water .

The man turned turn at the instant when I came come in , and I saw see John Herncastle , with a torch in one hand , and a dagger dripping dripping with blood in the other .

When she returned return he was still standing there , like a man of stone , his back hunched , his collar turned up , his dripping dripping hat-brim turned down , hiding his face and ears completely .