She was determined that no rival should spring up to divide adorers into camps.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
They do not perceive it is the number of adorers she cares for.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
He dropped her acquaintance forever; being perhaps the only one of Jeanne's adorers to break his allegiance to her before she gave the word.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune