"I don't remember, just now," said he, carelessly; not, indeed, that such was the fact, or that he desired it should be thought so; he only wished to mark his sense of what he deemed an impertinence.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"Just the kind of introduction I 'd like," said the Jew, with all the zest of a man glad to say what he knew would be deemed an impertinence.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
I have answered your question because I was able to answer it frankly; but, none the less, I resent its impertinence.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee