Possible Clues:

• Acted rudely, in a way
• If you looked you might find the saint was a revolutionary
• Subjected to prolonged gaze
• Regarded fixedly
• Sounds as if I did this and did it the hard way
• Gazed back at old Bob, looking angry
• Was gaping
• It looked the hard way to get the rats up to the editor
• Was wide-eyed
• Showed fascination