While appearing to assent to her husband's wish she had secretly fulfilled her promise to the artist, and the picture had excited such keen admiration when it was first exhibited that it had made Mrs. Richard Maule's beauty famous even before she came to England.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
It was very brief, and ran thus:- My dear Mr. Nelligan,-Forgive my not appearing at dinner, and make my excuses to Mr. Repton, if he be with you, for I have just fallen in with Magennis, who insists on carrying me off to Barnagheela.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He wished to play King Cophetua to the beggar maid; and he was saved from appearing supremely ridiculous only by his sincerity and by freedom from all self-consciousness in his desire.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee