Presently a shabby, furtive little rat of a man nudged his elbow, and Dupont followed him to a corner, where they Confabulated in undertones for many minutes; while Lanyard loitered just outside their normal range of vision.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
The British landed a swipe o' men at Amboy this mornin', makin' us fall back mighty quick ter Bonumtown, an' there, arter the orficers Confabulated, it wuz decided thet as the bloody-backs wuz too strong ter fight, the militia and the flyin' camp thereabouts hed better go home an' look ter their families.
"Janice Meredith"
Paul Leicester Ford