The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
At first the news seemed to produce scarcely any effect; the iron countenance of the old man underwent no immediate change--he only remained immoveable in the position in which he had received the shock; but presently Mr. Keelevin saw that he did not fetch his breath, and that his lips began to contract asunder, and to expose his yellow teeth with the grin almost of a skull.