Both Uses of
aghast
in
The Mysterious Benedict Society
- With faces aghast, the four children gaped at the man, and then at one another, for they saw at once that Mr. Curtain was Mr. Benedict himself.†
p. 176.8 *aghast = shocked with feelings of surprise and dismay
- "I may not know when the Cenozoic Era was —" Sticky was aghast.†
p. 391.9
Definition:
shocked with feelings of surprise and dismay (sadness, disappointment, or worry)