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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stir
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breeze stirs/ruffles sth
▪ A light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.
a rousing/stirring speech (=making people feel excited and eager to do something)
▪ Thousands of people were inspired by his stirring speeches.
arouse/stir passions (=cause strong feelings in people)
▪ The case aroused passions throughout the country.
stir in/mix in ingredients (=add them by stirring or mixing)
▪ Heat the sauce gently, then stir in the remaining ingredients.
stir up hatred (=deliberately try to cause arguments or bad feelings between people)
▪ Right-wing parties tried to stir up hatred and exploit racial tension.
stir up people’s emotions (=deliberately try to make people have strong feelings)
▪ His speech roused the crowd and stirred up their emotions.
stirred up a hornets' nest
▪ The new production targets have stirred up a hornets' nest.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
constantly
▪ Cook, stirring constantly until thickened; about 2 minutes. 4 Cool, stirring occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
▪ Cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.
▪ Return to the pan and heat gently, stirring constantly until the custard coats the back of the spoon.
▪ Cook over low heat until melted, stirring constantly.
▪ Blend the egg and lemon mixture into the soup, stirring constantly.
▪ To make pancakes, in a large mixing bowl, combine flour and water, stirring constantly until all water is absorbed.
▪ They should be stirred constantly until they are the required colour.
▪ Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly while mixture forms a paste.
continuously
▪ Slowly pour some of the hot milk on to the cornflour mixture, stirring continuously.
▪ Continue to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
▪ Bring to the boil, stirring continuously, and cook for 2-3 minutes, still stirring.
▪ Return meat to pan and cook for 1 min more, stirring continuously.
▪ Add the Risotto rice and, stirring continuously, cook for 2-3 minutes.
▪ Put grated cheese into a 7-inch fondue dish or enamelled iron casserole and melt gently, stirring continuously.
▪ Bring to the boil, stirring continuously.
▪ Cook the beans, stirring continuously, until they are heated through and look like thick porridge.
frequently
▪ Brown the onion, stirring frequently for five minutes.
▪ Keep the mixture at a bare simmer and stir frequently.
▪ Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes, stirring frequently, to seal the meat. 4.
▪ To prevent scorching, stir frequently and add water as soup thickens.
▪ Let the sauce almost imperceptibly bubble for fifteen to twenty minutes, stirring frequently.
▪ Cook the mushrooms in the bacon fat over high heat 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden brown.
▪ Add the beans and continue to heat covered for another 1/2 hour. Stir frequently.
▪ Add chili sauce and lime juice and continue simmering, stirring frequently, until sauce thickens, 8 to 10 minutes.
gently
▪ Gently stir in the other ingredients and arrange in scallop shells or on a plate.
▪ Gently stir rice into chicken mixture.
▪ Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set, then stir gently to lightly scramble. 4.
▪ Add 1 cup sugar for every pound of fruit, and stir gently.
▪ Remove large debris and disperse the cells in the sucrose by gently stirring with the needle.
▪ Add black-eyed peas and gently stir in.
▪ Cook for a further 4 minutes, stirring gently, frequently. 3.
▪ Gently stir, then pour over cooled filling in crust.
gradually
▪ Stir for about 1 minute, then gradually stir in the milk.
▪ Gradually stir in melted margarine and mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
▪ Gradually stir in the rest of the milk.
▪ Gradually stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, stirring.
▪ Add the seasonings and the soy sauce, then gradually stir in the olive oil; add lemon juice.
▪ Gradually stir in flour mixture; mix well.
▪ Gradually stir in tea until smooth.
occasionally
▪ Cook, stirring constantly until thickened; about 2 minutes. 4 Cool, stirring occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
▪ Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until tender but not brown.
▪ Place in a hot heavy-based pan or wok and cook until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.
▪ Reduce heat to low; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally.
▪ Stir in milk and soup and heat until bubbling, stirring occasionally.
▪ Cook over medium-low heat 3 to 4 minutes, or until well-blended, stirring occasionally.
▪ Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until all the water from the beans has evaporated.
▪ Add peanuts and cook to 280 degrees. Stir occasionally and continue cooking to 305 degrees.
restlessly
▪ The students stir restlessly in their seats, shuffling their papers and capping their pens.
▪ The thought made her feel cold, causing her to stir restlessly.
▪ Charlie stirred restlessly as he leaned there.
▪ The horses stirred restlessly and the limbs of the thorns wriggled.
well
▪ Add the tomato pur e and stir well until heated through.
▪ Sprinkle with flour and stir well.
▪ Add the milk, adding sufficient milk until the mixture is sloppy but holds its shape. Stir well.
▪ Add stock, wine, tomatoes and okra. Stir well.
▪ Add a spoonful of the warm soup and stir well.
▪ Add salt, pepper, cinnamon, tomato paste and water and stir well.
▪ To dry Mix one part Glycerine with two-three parts hot water. Stir well.
▪ Add drained sauerkraut and stir well, scraping browned bits from bottom of pan.
■ NOUN
action
▪ The news is sure to stir local residents into action.
▪ The announcement that Tommy Morrison is HIV-positive has stirred California legislators to action.
▪ How can words stir anyone to action or even reflection if the accompanying music fails to quicken the pulse?
▪ But Charlton had only stirred the giant into action.
▪ The clock's chime also stirs other things into action, as explained below.
▪ The act of hearing and understanding the scriptures had aroused their emotions and stirred them to action.
coffee
▪ She was stirring the coffee in front of her, an innocent expression on her face as he came back to the table.
▪ Farris stirred in sugar and coffee creamer from their packets.
▪ He poured an inch of condensed milk into the mug plus four spoons of sugar and stirred the coffee before straining it.
▪ Win stirred his coffee, thought, sat, stirred.
▪ I use one spoon to eat the soup, another to stir the coffee and then the cereal.
▪ He looks down and stirs his coffee.
controversy
▪ And already it looks like stirring up fierce controversy.
▪ The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the president would just as soon avoid.
▪ His remarks are nevertheless bound to stir controversy.
▪ When they stirred controversies, they were generally reported by the feature pages and gossip columns of newspapers.
▪ Male speaker Anybody with strong convictions that what he is doing is right is bound to stir up controversy.
▪ The course was moved to Reinhardt College in 1994, after complaints about its political overtones stirred a controversy at Kennesaw State.
▪ But his officials are stirring up their own controversy over social policy.
▪ But the role has put him at odds with the United States and stirred controversy in his own country.
emotion
▪ That was far too weak and mild a word for the emotions he stirred.
▪ The act of hearing and understanding the scriptures had aroused their emotions and stirred them to action.
▪ But beneath the careful cynicism she was aware of another, less comfortable, emotion stirring inside her.
hatred
▪ If their tendency is that they are likely or intended to stir up racial hatred, that is sufficient. 4.
▪ This has caused humanitarian problems that have helped to stir up racism and hatred.
heart
▪ When the land lies under the grip of the ice an ancient primaeval force stirs in the heart of the nation.
▪ Then, as she watched him, still hovering indecisively, she felt an odd compassion stir her heart.
▪ They surrounded Odysseus, weeping and laughing and welcoming him home until they stirred within his own heart the desire to weep.
▪ In several bitter conference meetings, Armey stirred the hearts of conservatives with passionate speeches against any vote on the issue.
▪ How could these, set beside Plato and Euclid, stir the mind and heart?
▪ Grief stirred within Achilles' heart as he listened.
▪ So of course the boy would believe Duvall when he described the stirring in his heart that night.
imagination
▪ It can also stir the imagination for every parish Sunday and solemnity and right through Eastertide.
▪ Not much to stir the imagination here.
memory
▪ My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors' name.
▪ And her hesitation hadn't even been caused by the grim memory his words had stirred up.
mixture
▪ Slowly pour some of the hot milk on to the cornflour mixture, stirring continuously.
▪ Combine vanilla and next 3 ingredients and add flour mixture stirring until well-blended.
▪ Pour on to the egg mixture, stirring all the time.
▪ Return mixture to pan, stir in cream, and heat through.
▪ If the mixture is stirred vigorously, the tin particles form a froth on the top that can be scraped off.
▪ Bring to a boil again, add cornstarch mixture and stir till slightly thickened.
▪ Bring to the boil and slowly add the arrowroot mixture, stirring constantly until the sauce has thickened.
▪ Add to oxtail mixture and cook, stirring, until thickened.
pot
▪ He could see a few of the other scullions nearby. standing on their stools stirring pots, wiping stoves, polishing stove-fronts.
▪ She could stir her own pots and pans at your feet while you cook dinner.
sauce
▪ Drain the pasta and stir into the sauce.
▪ Return the pasta to the same large kettle and stir in the sauce.
▪ Mix the cornflour with a little cold water and stir into the sauce.
▪ Add chili sauce and lime juice and continue simmering, stirring frequently, until sauce thickens, 8 to 10 minutes.
▪ Bring to the boil and slowly add the arrowroot mixture, stirring constantly until the sauce has thickened.
▪ I miss smelling new smells and stirring new sauces and being surprised by the taste of something different.
▪ Bring to the boil, stirring until the sauce is clear and thickened.
▪ Blend cornstarch with cup cold water, stir into stew and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens.
soup
▪ My father went back to stirring the soup, which I could smell now above the cigar smoke.
▪ Another silence while I stir my soup.
▪ Stephan hummed a little tune and stirred his soup.
▪ Plump, juicy toes stirred into the soup.
sugar
▪ Add the kilo of sugar and stir water, sugar and wort until they are more or less dissolved.
▪ Farris stirred in sugar and coffee creamer from their packets.
▪ Mix together the lemon juice and freshly squeezed orange juice, then stir in the caster sugar.
▪ Put the sugar and water into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
▪ Stir in remaining ingredients and gently cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.
▪ Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
▪ Reduce heat to low and stir in sugar and butter.
tea
▪ I hate having my tea stirred for me, I'd rather stir my own tea.
▪ Sitting in the booth, he stirred his unsweetened tea as if it were poison.
▪ The effect of which is similar to stirring a cup of tea.
▪ Gradually stir in tea until smooth.
▪ He continued to stir his tea, as if there might be something in there to stir.
trouble
▪ Don't deliberately stir up trouble. 5 Pray for the person that is picking on you.
▪ When Hercules arrived she met him kindly and told him she would give him the girdle, but Hera stirred up trouble.
▪ And, of course, if he did stir up trouble he could always be put inside again.
▪ We appreciate the investment, without which we would be unable to stir up the trouble that gives our lives meaning.
▪ While all this was going on agents of Naggaroth were abroad throughout the Old World stirring up trouble.
▪ For lawyers, unlike most accountants, love to stir up trouble.
▪ Whenever there is a chance, she and her partners will emerge and stir up trouble.
wind
▪ A wind stirred his hair, fanned Madra's out behind her.
▪ He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.
▪ There wasn't enough wind to stir a lock of hair, but I didn't want the noise of the outboard.
▪ But ocean currents, wind and tides stir the waters.
▪ For a few seconds, the wind picked up, stirring the dust.
▪ The open savannah is marked by cattle trails that disappear whenever a strong gust of wind stirs up the dust.
■ VERB
add
▪ With grace, preferably, which adds an uplifting, stirring, Homeric touch.
▪ Combine vanilla and next 3 ingredients and add flour mixture stirring until well-blended.
▪ Remove the pan from the heat and gradually add the beer, stirring constantly.
▪ When all the cornmeal is added, begin stirring with a long-handled wooden spoon.
▪ Gradually add the milk, stirring, and bring the mixture to the boil.
▪ Remove from heat. Add baking soda and stir quickly until mixture foams.
▪ Gradually add to pan, stirring until thickened.
▪ Dice 1 mango; puree the other. Add to skillet and stir to blend.
begin
▪ Miguel began to stir, and opened his eyes.
▪ When all the cornmeal is added, begin stirring with a long-handled wooden spoon.
▪ Scraps of paper, previously sodden, begin to stir in the gutters.
▪ The farm animals begin to stir, the roosters consider crowing.
▪ My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket.
▪ It was foolish, just to feel different because of her hair, but excitement had begun stirring within her.
▪ As soon as the mixture begins to set, stir in the essences. 6.
▪ When did the doubts begin to stir?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Stir the paint to make sure that the colours are thoroughly mixed.
▪ Add the grated cheese to the sauce and stir it in.
▪ As I entered the room, she stirred slightly, then went back to sleep.
▪ Could you stir the spaghetti sauce for me?
▪ I watched him as he stirred sugar into his coffee.
▪ Roger momentarily stirred, turned in the bed and murmured something inaudible.
▪ The crowd began to stir as the band walked on stage.
▪ The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes.
▪ When the butter has melted, stir in the soy sauce and ginger.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add remaining ingredients and stir until the fondue thickens slightly.
▪ Add the Risotto rice and, stirring continuously, cook for 2-3 minutes.
▪ George stirred and reluctantly opened his eyes.
▪ Nothing stirs, either in the offices or at the crossroads.
▪ Pregnancy in some women and men stirs up issues that previously appeared to be settled.
▪ Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
▪ Simmer over medium-low heat, stirring often, until liquid evaporates, leaving a thick paste.
▪ The Fed continues to hold growth back arbitrarily, spooked by inflation that has shown no signs of stirring for years.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
cause
▪ Later still, the place caused a stir by refusing service to then-Sen.
▪ He also caused a stir with his purchase in 1896 and resale in segments of the Trafford Park estate in Manchester.
▪ In the marketplace he caused no stir.
▪ They are marvellously done, and they have caused a stir of approval in this country, while also raising doubts.
▪ If I may say so, it caused quite a stir.
▪ Finding it caused quite a stir in the brass band world.
▪ Then some of the Cowboys players caused a stir when they hired a limousine to take them to practice.
create
▪ One day a lad called Stanley Wallace created a real stir.
▪ Emygdius' ability to evangelize created such a stir that the newly appointed bishop was beheaded.
▪ According to Al Perry, the strength of their new work is creating quite a stir around the studio.
▪ Alternatively, they create a stir at a local level.
▪ But two companies are creating a stir with their innovative ways of delivering that information.
▪ There is something about pavements which creates a great stir, and it became the focus of attention.
▪ Derek, a somewhat burly intense salesman in his early thirties, created a stir wherever he went.
give
▪ He gave the soup a stir.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As far as she's concerned I've been drug-free since I come out of stir.
▪ As the happy couple took their places there was a stir and a rising babble behind them.
▪ Giving it a brisk stir, she carried it carefully upstairs.
▪ One day a lad called Stanley Wallace created a real stir.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stir

Stir \Stir\, n.

  1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.

    Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir?
    --Denham.

    Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of.
    --Locke.

  2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

    Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England.
    --Sir J. Davies.

  3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.

Stir

Stir \Stir\, v. i.

  1. To move; to change one's position.

    I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive.
    --Byron.

  2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.

    All are not fit with them to stir and toil.
    --Byron.

    The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf.
    --Merivale.

  3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.

    They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears.
    --I. Watts.

  4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.]
    --Shak.

Stir

Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stirred; p. pr. & vb. n. Stirring.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st["o]ren, OHG. st[=o]ren to scatter, destroy. [root]166.]

  1. To change the place of in any manner; to move.

    My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir.
    --Sir W. Temple.

  2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.

    My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
    --Shak.

  3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.

    Stir not questions of jurisdiction.
    --Bacon.

  4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. ``To stir men to devotion.''
    --Chaucer.

    An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife.
    --Shak.

    And for her sake some mutiny will stir.
    --Dryden.

    Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition.

    Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stir

Old English styrian "to stir, move; rouse, agitate, incite, urge" (transitive and intransitive), from Proto-Germanic *sturjan (cognates: Middle Dutch stoeren, Dutch storen "to disturb," Old High German storan "to scatter, destroy," German stören "to disturb"), from PIE *(s)twer- (1) "to turn, whirl" (see storm (n.)). Related: Stirred; stirring. Stir-fry (v.) is attested from 1959.

stir

"commotion, disturbance, tumult," late 14c. (in phrase on steir), probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse styrr "disturbance, tumult," from the same root as stir (v.)). The sense of "movement, bustle" (1560s) probably is from the English verb.

Wiktionary
stir

Etymology 1 n. 1 The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. 2 Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. 3 agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. vb. 1 (lb en transitive dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move. 2 (lb en transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate. 3 (lb en transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it. 4 (lb en transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. 5 (lb en transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. 6 (lb en intransitive) To move; to change one’s position. 7 (lb en intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself. 8 (lb en intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot. 9 (lb en intransitive poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning. Etymology 2

n. (lb en slang) jail; prison.

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WordNet
stir

  1. n. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]

  2. emotional agitation and excitement

  3. a rapid bustling commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss]

  4. [also: stirring, stirred]

stir

  1. v. move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"

  2. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: shift, budge, agitate]

  3. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite]

  4. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite]

  5. affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch]

  6. evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

  7. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: arouse]

  8. mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"

  9. [also: stirring, stirred]

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Wikipedia
Stir

Stir is a St. Louis, Missouri musical group.

Stir (disambiguation)

Stir was a music group from 1994-2005.

Stir, STIR, stirred, or stirrer may also refer to:

  • Stir (film), 1980 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace
  • Stir (TV series)
  • Short tau inversion recovery (STIR), a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence
  • STIR future (short-term interest rate), in stocks
  • " Stirred", a West Wing episode
  • Stirrer, an agitator (device)
  • Stirring rod
Stir (film)

Stir is a 1980 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience while incarcerated as the actual prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons. we. The film was shot in Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Stir (TV series)

Stir, also referred to as StirTV, Stir TV and Stir-TV, was the first nationally distributed Asian American television show. Produced by former A. Magazine publisher Jeff Yang in collaboration with KTSF producers Ashley Hathaway and David Baker, the 30-minute show aired on the International Channel for two seasons from December 2004-2005. The magazine-style program, which targeted viewers aged 18–25, was hosted by Tony Wang, a Chinese American corporate lawyer; Sabrina Shimada, a Japanese-German American high school student; Brian Tong, a Chinese-American Apple computer salesman; and Jeannie Mai, a Vietnamese-Chinese American makeup artist.

The show was nominated for an Emmy in 2005 for Episode #1 in the Children/Youth Program category.

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Usage examples of "stir".

He said the Druse took their dead away and then carved them up to make it look like the Maronites did it and then the Druse brought the chopped-up bodies to Aley to stir up their own people.

Stirred by towers that poke above the host of city lightintense white carbide lamps, smoke-burnished red of lit grease, tallow twinkling, frenetic sputtering gas flare, all anarchic guards against the darkthe winds rejoice and play.

The Anarchist Cookbook is not a revolutionary work in itself, just as a gun cannot shoot, but I have a sincere hope that it may stir some stagnant brain cells into action.

Also I was annoyed that the male had stirred my blood at a time I might not see it cooled again, unless I pulled him into a quiet corner as he had done with me.

A score of yachts lies moored to a wooden jetty, and one or two owners have been stirred by the sunlight of a spring anticyclone, into taking the tarpaulins off cabin roofs and putting the cushions out to air.

Zarakal may be no giant, Africa is a colossus stirring with a newfound sense of its strength, I am the champion of African astronautics, Mr.

Catholics, are popular superstitions, envy, calumnies, backbiting, insinuations, and the like, which, being neither punished nor refuted, stir up suspicion of witchcraft.

She leaned on the balustrade, gazing out at the blue of the bay, feeling the sea breeze stirring in her hair.

The movement stirred the pieces on the table, and Barr covered them quickly to keep them from blowing away.

The prawns turned pink as she stirred them into the spice mixture, and she dumped in cold, cooked basmati rice and a generous slurp of ketjap--Indonesian soy sauce.

Rowan began stirring again thoughtfully before pouring the contents of the pan into a large bowl and straining basmati rice into another while her aunt set the table.

Suzanna said, walking over to the bassinet as little Johnny began to stir.

And because he was carrying the lantern, knowing Esteban and probably Cornwallis at least would still be stirring in the house, he made his way to and from the bluff the long way around, through the cane-rows downstream from the house and up the batture, with the levee between the bobbing light and the windows.

What took the Chief Fisher in such haste down the Berwick shore, for Eben Garnock was a great man who did not stir himself except for a good purpose.

Not a mouse stirring as he walked, and there, under rolling cloud all besilvered, he saw it, the Theatre, with something like disappointment.