The operator took time out, in spite of the supervisor's admonishments, to listen frankly.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton
This persuasion, and the few admonishments Edward Ingram had thrown at her that afternoon, helped her extraordinarily.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
"Except when he looks at one and tells one to sit up straight," said Anna-Rose pointedly to Anna-Felicitas, whose habit of drooping still persisted in spite of her father's admonishments.
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim