Mabel could not keep a measure of extreme surprise and excitement out of her voice, but she was, what her dead father's old soldier servant always described her as being, "a thorough little lady," and after hearing Wantele's quiet word of assent to her involuntary question, she refrained, without any seeming effort, from pursuing the subject.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Mrs. Maule was afraid of her husband-it was an instinctive, involuntary fear; her whole being shrank from him with a dreadful aversion.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Julia gave a little start, and uttered an involuntary exclamation.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey