But in knocking around during the past few years of his life the boy juggler and magician had more than once been thrown into a position of peril, and he realized that to lose his nerve would perhaps cost him his life.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Before knocking at her door he must assure himself that she was alone.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"There's some one knocking at the door," said Repton, as he arose and opened it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever