After these words we only exchanged a silent and formal curtsey, the door closed on the deeply offended lady and a load fell from my heart.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
The minister's wife jumped up and dropped me a curtsey, a most ironical curtsey.
"Four Meetings"
Henry James
The pause was but momentary: for, apparently making an effort over herself, she received Helen Perowne with a grave, almost majestic courtesy, taking a bouquet from an attendant and handing it to her with a slight inclination of the head; while Helen Perowne made her the deportment curtsey that she had been taught at the Miss Twettenhams', throwing into it the dignity of a queen.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn