Claire smiled-a sweet, sad smile-as she drew a clean cambric handkerchief from the pocket of her apron, shook it out, showing a long slit and a series of careful darns, removed the pearly drop before it had time to soak the cloth, and exclaimed: "Then the town has conferred a salary upon you?"
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
I could get some of those fine, thick stockings, hers are all darns,-but they might not fit.
"Spinning-Wheel Stories"
Louisa May Alcott
You give me a chance and see if I can't ride as well as some older fellows who have been pitched round pretty lively before they dared to try a twenty-mile spin, answered Hugh, clapping both hands on his knees to hide the tell-tale darns.
"Spinning-Wheel Stories"
Louisa May Alcott