"Of course," said Varney, with sudden Absentness.
"Captivating Mary Carstairs"
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Miss Martha had just made up her mind that in the absence of my mother, and the Absentness of my father, it was the duty of old friends like herself to give me a little friendly counsel.
"Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances"
Juliana Horatia Ewing