She had been raised in a castle and therefore knew not how to spin or to weave or even to embroider, which three occupations were considered suitable for young serving women in that day, so she was forced to beg her bread from door to door; hence her title, Yvonne, the Beggar Princess.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
Lies, for the most part, he judged them, such lies as men tell of an unknown country and other men repeat and embroider.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory
Mrs. Shiffney's musical passion for Sennier often led her to embroider facts.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens