Mr. Maule, at the time of the tragedy already an invalid, had been able to do nothing in an active sense, but his country house, Rede Place, had immediately become, whenever she chose that it should be so, Miss Oglander's home.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Every day Lingard spent about an hour with his invalid host, and Wantele was aware that those hours had been very pleasant to Richard Maule.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
To have a real invalid in the house was the last straw!
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford