Mr. Cannon read it over, and then Arthur Dayson borrowed the old clerk's vile pen and with the ceremonious delays due to his sense of his own importance, Flourishingly added the signature.
"Hilda Lessways"
Arnold Bennett
As they parted, my worst fears were confirmed, for I saw the Colonel progress Flourishingly to the corner and turn in under the sign, "Barney Skeyhan; Choice Wines, Liquors, and Cigars."
"The Boss of Little Arcady"
Harry Leon Wilson