The ones' complement of 0xAAAA is 0x5555 on a 16-bit machine, and 0xFFFF5555 on a 32-bit machine.

He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.

The eyes were small, and of a dead filmy black; they said nothing, even when fixed upon you.

A small crowd on the docks watched the attempted refloat of the ship.