They were coming up to dinner, and she thought that it was due to them that they should be prepared beforehand; and, as everyone assented to this, Mrs. Ross started early the next morning on her delightful Embassage.
"Lover or Friend"
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Nimble mischance, that art so light of foote, Doth not thy Embassage belong to me?
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
"Why, sir," said the other laughing, "I understand it is only an Embassage from some neighbouring state; but when our good people are in their Easter mood they are ready to take a mail-coach for Elijah's chariot and their wives' scolding for the Gift of Tongues."
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton