Up there was a little lake of deep green water, with red pine-bark lying in heaps by the edge, so that one made boats and raced them across.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
After which he addressed the children: "Remember, to-morrow is Christmas Eve, and that dog was intended by Pan Tarkowski to be a surprise for Nell, but as the surprise has started to bark, I am compelled to announce it to-day."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Neither does a real gentleman bark on leave-taking unless he is a dog, and Saba is one.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz