Though Lilly knew that she was far above being influenced by the two girls' example and precepts, she could not help feeling a slight curiosity awake within her to learn more of what these creatures were like who caused such a flutter in the Dovecot of feminine emotions, whose approval was so keenly to be sought, and whose coldness meant absolute annihilation.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
"The Dovecot, Conisbeare, "Tiverton.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
Miss Marlett's Establishment for the Highest Education of Girls, more briefly known as "The Dovecot, Conisbeare," was no exception, on a particularly cold February day-the day after Dicky Shields was found dead-to these pretty general rules.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang