She thought of sitting down very softly and of Eavesdropping.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
The fact that she had seriously thought of Eavesdropping almost frightened her, and she was trying to come to the resolve to abandon her project of interrupting Mrs. Shiffney's conversation with the hidden person who, she felt sure, must be Claude.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
What, Anna, art thou Eavesdropping?
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann