Sentence:  It was Giselle , the fille de chambre , come to clean the room , and while she stood before him with ears pricked up and regard all curiosity , explaining her errand , Alex could <WSD>see</WSD> from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all he could to calm the displeased bird . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight