At the sound of the sergeant's steps on the verandah zu Pfeiffer stiffened up and patted his lips as if desiring to erase the lines that were graven thereon; and with one foot pushed the chair from the direct angle to the photograph.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle
Nor did Betty take any pains to erase the impressions made by her volunteer advance agents.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
To leave head-quarters was to escape being questioned; while there was scarcely any post to which I could be sent, where something strange or adventurous might not turn up, and serve me to erase the memory of the past, and turn the attention of my companions in any quarter rather than towards myself.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)