It kept Hoskins away till the final moment, and it brought him to the station for their adieux just before their train started.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Something in their pose struck the sculptor's fancy, and he made a hasty sketch of them, and was showing it to the Elmores when Lily suddenly descended into the room again, and, saying something about its being quite dark, went out, and left Mr. Andersen to make his adieux to the others.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
He was fitting his key into the house-door when he happened to look up the little street toward the bridge that led into it, and there, defined against the sky on the level of the bridge, he saw Mrs. Elmore and Miss Mayhew receiving the adieux of a distinguished-looking man in the Austrian uniform.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells