Both Uses of
appalling
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- There was an appalling silence between the three of them: the two who spoke and the shadow that listened, behind them.†
Chpt 12 *appalling = shockingly terrible or horrible
- Feeling something crack beneath our feet, hearing an appalling hiss through the open trap-door, a hiss like the first sound of a rocket!†
Chpt 25