My countenance changed; my voice altered; and unless he were a fool, he who handed it to me would have said – 'That man receives news from his father or mother, or someone else he loves.' I was just at that minute about to send you a letter expressing my great uneasiness.
The habit has stuck; I would no sooner leave the house without a spare bag than my keys and I won't countenance breaking my resolution.
Even my countenance betrayed me, not just my pale skin but my expressions, the indecision of my smile, the absence of cunning, and, most of all, the absence of command — an American face.
"I love the fact that my brain and my countenance is not at all dissimilar to Yakko's".
I have no props, only my countenance.
"Should I smile?" I asked my translator, who communicated the question to a squat old man in a quilted Chinese-style jacket, who was, like so many others I met that week, gazing critically at my countenance.
Every mole and blotch of my countenance was preserved with dermatological accuracy.
That includes the bubbly sales clerks in the department stores who spot me several counters away and want to perform their magic on my countenance.
When a hot guy flirted with me, I wish I was braver to not question it, but flirt right back, instead of talking snobbishly about art, remaining unchanged in my countenance until they assumed I was bored and moved on.
I know my father responded very well to my cheerful countenance".
