Absolute silence would have been almost discourteous, after plunging on to what might have been a bad corn.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
"We don't want you without your mind," said Andrew, grown suddenly discourteous.
"A Vanished Hand"
Sarah Doudney
In any case, it disappeared before the occasion of Hardy's next visit, and the visitor sat with his eyes unoccupied, endeavouring to make conversation with a host who was if anything more discourteous than usual.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs