It was in the chilliest hour-the one before dawn-that a voice suddenly called out from the fog ahead: "Qui va la?"
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"If you so much as venture to address me again upon the subject," she returned in the very chilliest accents, "I will lay this matter of your odious suit before your master Cesare Borgia."
"The Shame of Motley"
Raphael Sabatini
I didn't dare to look at him-until Aunt Jane said, in her chilliest manner: "I trust your daughter had good lessons, Charles."
"Mary Marie"
Eleanor H. Porter