Abrupt frankness, with its guileful calculation to surprise one into betrayal, was the subtlest diplomacy.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
"I should be honored with mademoiselle's approval," he said, "for at court mademoiselle is a guileful warrior.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
He followed it across the hill, and bent a score of times to pick it up, but it was a guileful squirrel and escaped with great regularity.
"Lavender and Old Lace"
Myrtle Reed