The procession of water-fetchers had formed itself in a long chattering line that stretched river-wards.
"The Unbearable Bassington"
Saki
On reaching the hall, they found the backyard gates open, and the court and kitchen seemed crowded with excited milk-fetchers-men, women, and children-whom Mrs. Gill, the housekeeper, appeared vainly persuading to take their milk-cans and depart.
"Shirley"
Charlotte Brontë