Her statement of it is abrupt, and offers some appearance of being intended to turn the conversation away from herself; but this does not harmonise with her simple and direct character, and it is quite possible that in the midst of her confused and disappointed life she had sometimes wondered whether all her misery did not arise from her being a Samaritan.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
It was, then, with an almost abrupt haste that he at last presented himself.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He was awfully abrupt in his manner.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower