“Bim jerked back his head and surveyed his friend with startlement which speedily softened to a wide grin.”

“Every eye turned on him in startlement and fear, and Steward hushed him with a whispered command.”

“And then her almost limitless capacity for startlement finally encountered a worthy object.”

“Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.”