In accepting the invitation, Hew Lingard had announced his engagement to Jane Oglander-the Miss Oglander whom they all knew so well, the Jane Oglander who was often, for weeks at a time, one of their nearest neighbours, and who, everybody had thought, would end by Marrying Dick Wantele!
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"Jane," Athena had said impatiently, "will end by Marrying Dick Wantele.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
I certainly do not accept your intention of Marrying beneath you as a proof of it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever