The older man was not accustomed to being addressed in that brusque fashion, and it jarred upon him, but, as a matter of fact, he was not feeling well, and, as he not infrequently pointed out, he had discovered that one had to put up with many unpleasant things in that barbarous country.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
"Go," she said, pushing him with a characteristic gesture, at once brusque and charming.
"Command"
William McFee
His voice was brusque; he pushed his pipe into his mouth without looking at her.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell