_:vb6832308 . _:vb6832311 "The Bat\u2014they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day."@en . _:vb6832311 "1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, \u2192OCLC, page 01:"@en . _:vb6832308 "(figurative) Presence; sight; front."@en . _:vb6832310 . _:vb6832311 . _:vb6832309 . _:vb6832310 "to speak before the face of God"@en . "3.5" . _:vb6832309 "to fly in the face of danger"@en . .