"The snow clinches the matter, Charles," said Marston, gravely.
"The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers"
Mary Cholmondeley
This clinches the matter, and we conclude a bargain with the proprietor for an early departure and hurry back to the dim joys of the hotel reception-room.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
Dumay, you know, is a Breton, and that fact clinches the matter; he won't go back from his word, and his fortune is equal to the colonel's.
"Modeste Mignon"
Honore de Balzac