It was with his hostess that General Lingard spent every odd moment,-every moment that he could spare from the work on which he was engaged-a book he had promised to write by a certain date.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
He shut the door behind his hostess and walked slowly back to the table.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
At dinner the Commissioner, sitting on one side of Mrs. Collingwood with the Judge on the other, was secretly amazed at the house, the household, and the very agreeable woman who was his hostess.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee