To hector is of the mind, but torture is of the body.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
What did Her Ladyship say about hector?
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Mrs. Whittle's first husband had been a certain hector Harlam, with whose history Silas was very familiar from his association with Tug, so he answered,- She wiped away a tear, and regretted his death.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe