Lady Bell moved away as he spoke, and turned over some book on the table to conceal her agitation, and Stephen, humming a popular hymn tune, crossed the room and looked down at Jack and Una with a benedictory smile, as if he was blessing them.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
Those front-door steps grew to be a sort of sacred pilgrims' way, along which penitents crawled on their hands and knees; the stained-glass became a heavenly glory; the Clytie a benedictory saint.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
The last roll of the organ died away and the minister pronounced his benedictory prayer.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor