What was I trying to say?

I'm doing the rewrite for the Stork Solution, the thing I finished in February. Sometimes I find these weird artifacts where I started to say one thing then changed my mind and said something else. Other times I use the wrong word (something I do a lot when I speak) or I'll leave words out. Sometimes I just don't know what I was trying to do. Example:

After a bit Lili glanced at her out of his face.

Which means what exactly? It's not just a mess, it's awful writing. Which is why we rewrite, I suppose.