whereat

She never alluded to a certain person, but she thought of him a good deal, dreamed dreams more than ever, and once Jo, rummaging her sister’s desk for stamps, found a bit of paper scribbled over with the words, ‘Mrs. John Brooke’, whereat she groaned tragically and cast it into the fire, feeling that Laurie’s prank had hastened the evil day for her.

“But you? It is for you that I fear!” whereat she laughed—a laugh, low and unreal, and said:—

In another second I was embracing and kissing her rapturously: “Bessie! Bessie! Bessie!” that was all I said; whereat she half laughed, half cried, and we both went into the parlour.

Whereat she collapsed on the bed and went to crying.

What is this Cabinet meeting whereat thou didst make the men to go about and sign their names in blood in thy book?