These complications consisted of severe cholangitis, large abscesses and sepsis, and portal venous or mesentericoportal venous thrombosis.

The waiter rolled his bloodshot eyes and scratched his towzy head.

He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.

As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms.