But when she went outside-when the strain was taken off-it may have been otherwise; at all events, when, with bowed and averted head, she crossed the sitting-room and Betook herself to the empty chamber above, no one dreamed of following her-until Francie, some little time thereafter, went quietly up-stairs and tapped at the door and entered.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The blacks, after the severe lesson they had received from us, and from other settlers in the neighbourhood, Betook themselves to another part of the country, and we had no longer any fear of being troubled by them.
"Adventures in Australia"
W.H.G. Kingston
Her husband, having buried her with due ceremony and observance in the Maryland family vaults, Betook himself to travel, leaving the child to be cared for by a distant female relative.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee