From Scarthe's looks, as he came forward, it was evident that an Eclaircissement was at hand.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
So far the plan of her persecutors had perfectly succeeded; they saw her depart, on a trip of, as they supposed, twenty miles, and their whole notions of the practical joke were limited to the Eclaircissement that must ensue at the end.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Le Capitaine, having thus failed to bring on the Eclaircissement he sought for, proceeded to accomplish it by other means; for, taking the lamp, by the light of which Trevanion was still reading, he placed it at his side of the table, and at the same instant stretching across his arm, he plucked the newspaper from his hand, giving at the same moment a glance of triumph towards the bystanders, as though he would say, "you see what he must submit to."
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)