And the next course was'-her voice dropped almost to inaudibleness-'devilled bones.
"Vera"
Elisabeth von Arnim
It was right and fitting that the wife of the reigning Talbot-Lowry of Mount Music, should inevitably lead the way at local dinner-parties; should, with ladylike inaudibleness, declare that "this Bazaar" or "Village Hall" was open.
"Mount Music"
E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross