One evening I was sitting at dinner in a fashionable street in New York, close to Central Park, when I was startled by a distinctly burglarious noise at the window.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
One evening when he knew that the Chevalier would be away from home, he caused two of his servants to enter the rooms of his rival, where they carried on a burglarious search, which ended in a small cabinet containing letters finding its way into the hands of the ambassador.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
Can your ingenuity suggest no explanation of a man's presence in another man's house at midnight save a burglarious motive?
"The Come Back"
Carolyn Wells