Two faces, one male and one female, poked themselves into his line of vision.
When Murdock looked up from his desk a minute later, a pretty face surrounded by short brown hair poked around the door frame.
For an instant his face poked through the tube of water, and he gazed into the abyss.
Almost by way of contrast, a round face poked past the edge of the curtain.
He saw the janitor's face poked round the door.
The animal skin fluttered back, and a face poked through the gap.
Soon a fallen piece of the ceiling was pushed aside and a face with a gray beard poked through.
A man's unshaven face poked through the window like a muzzle.
A vast shiny black face poked itself into the tent.
A terrified bearded face poked slowly from behind the booth's curtains.