If the Schoolmaster got off, she must marry McNab; if he was sentenced to three years imprisonment there would perhaps be time to scheme and out-manoeuvre him.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
This manoeuvre was repeated so often that Monsieur Gerbault could not resist the temptation to say to her, with a smile: "My dear, it seems to me that, for a widow, you are rather coquettish."
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
The significance of this manoeuvre was plain enough to Gerard.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford