The streets were clean and bright; and there was plenty of gayness and joy-for them as could grab a share of it.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
And Ingram walking beside her with his hands in his pockets and a gayness about his heels felt triumphant, for he had, he thought, got through to her self-consciousness, he had got her quiet at last.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
They sat on chatting together with apparent gayness, but Hal's heart was no lighter after she had duly been presented to the paternal husband, as she called him, and she journeyed solemnly home on a bus, feeling rather as if she had been to a funeral.
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page