The more it hurts Whitford the better I'll be pleased, answered Bromfield, his manner of cynical indifference swept away by gathering rage.

The commander struggled to turn his mount and, from the gathering rage and dismay on his face, found that he could not.

Already could be seen his fiery eyeballs rolling in their sockets, and the quick oscillations of his tail, expressive of his gathering rage.

"Who, then?" he cried, with gathering rage, "unless it be Jamie Logan?"

"How came you by it?" shouted Thorin in gathering rage.