She was upstairs for a few minutes, and then went out and got in an auto with a young gentleman.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Presently the gentleman who had borrowed the glass received it again; but before returning it to the captain's office he removed a small silk thread which had been extended across the object-glass.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
How does the gentleman know this?
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz