A dear, silly soul, thought I, at the time, to depend upon the goodness of her own heart, when the heart cannot be seen into but by its actions; and she, to appearance, a runaway, an Eloper, from a tender, a most indulgent husband!
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
When the unsuspecting Eloper reached the Trumet church, it would be the aunt, not the niece, who awaited him.
"The Depot Master"
Joseph C. Lincoln