The other countenance-well, we might have some difficulty in recognising the owner, might excusably hesitate before pronouncing it to be that of our friend, Gerard Ridgeley.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
At this point the Commandant excusably found himself awake, and sat up blinking at Sergeant Archelaus, who stood in a haze of fog by his bedside with a lighted candle.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Miss Nickall, being an invalid, had excusably gone to bed, and Jane Foley, sharer of her bedroom, had followed.
"The Lion's Share"
E. Arnold Bennett