The duel with Camerino had come on first; in an access of jealous fury the Count had struck Camerino in the face; and this outrage, I know not how justly, was deemed expiable before the other.
"The Diary of a Man of Fifty"
Henry James
Had he only robbed the mail-coach, or broken into a gentleman's house, the offence might have been expiable; but to rob a clergyman, and a rector too!
"Paul Clifford, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton