He offered me his hand, and we were out of sight of all that wearisome, Drearisome, uncompanionable company with whom, for eight long weeks at least, we had been dragging our rough way.
"Erema My Father's Sin"
R. D. Blackmore
Passing hurriedly by, I tried a closet door or so, finding little, however, to reward my search; and eager to be done with what was every moment becoming more and more Drearisome, I hastened across the floor to the front of the house where I found another hall and a row of rooms that, while not entirely stripped of furniture, were yet sufficiently barren to offer little encouragement to my curiosity.
"A Strange Disappearance"
Anna Katharine Green