Peter could hear his knock-it echoed through the empty passages, the deserted rooms, it was a knock that demanded, imperatively, admittance.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
As she opened it she heard William Wright's footstep in the passage behind, and his shuffling halt outside the study door, while Jane, the servant, rapped for admittance.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
13; fly to England, 14 Hull, Charles I. refused admittance to, v.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green
