He determined, nevertheless, to follow advice so fatefully given, but he couldn't help pondering over it; and his face was graver as he bowed to the lords and ladies and high-born gnomes who had the honour of introduction.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
He had permitted the time and occasion which had prompted him to write those three fatefully familiar words on the back of the picture altogether to escape him.
"An Alabaster Box"
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley
She was not looking at him now, but, with her head thrown back a little, she gazed silently and fatefully at the clock on his mantelpiece.
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page