She was despatching her children to school.
"A Book of Ghosts"
Sabine Baring-Gould
Maillart's company divided themselves into several bands, and spread themselves all over the city, carrying the news everywhere, and despatching or arresting the partisans of Marcel.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume II. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
The death of one of their number had naturally cast a general gloom; and when he had made a pretence of despatching his supper Anstice easily persuaded Mrs. Wood to take a few hours' rest by the side of her little girl, who was now, fortunately, well on the way to recovery from her sudden illness.
"Afterwards"
Kathlyn Rhodes