The captain received her as graciously as possible, although he knew at the first glance that his entire stock of affableness could not dispel the threatening clouds.
"Jess of the Rebel Trail"
H. A. Cody
Having reduced Mrs. Grindle to affableness, Mr. Lovely turned his smile towards the Beau.
"The Passionate Elopement"
Compton Mackenzie
With great affableness expressing a willingness to come twice, if it were desired, Mr. Middleton accompanied the personage, as with an air of brooding mystery, the latter led him down the street twenty feet from where they had first stood.
"The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton"
Wardon Allan Curtis