To honour us according to his masters Firman, the governor sent all the garrison to meet us a few miles from the town, with a polite apology for his absence, due to sickness.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
Miss Firman, are you prepared to give your testimony?"
"Hand and Ring"
Anna Katharine Green
"Miss Firman," he now asked, "did it ever strike you that the hermit life she led was due to any fear or apprehension which she may have secretly entertained?"
"Hand and Ring"
Anna Katharine Green