The writers who matter may readily be recognised by their complacent air; the others, who have not yet succeeded in Mattering, by their hungry look.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
His axe would furnish a couple of rods, and Katharine should have her first lesson at angling in the near-by brook, where trout were plentiful, it Mattering little to this embryo constable what the game laws were; and it would have amazed him to learn that had he been in office he would have had to fine himself as the first, chief, and habitual trespasser.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond
There was a placidity in the simple scene that pleased me: I liked the quiet gossiping of the old market-women over their baskets of vegetables; the confidential fashion in which a gentle crone came to my elbow and begged of me in undertone, as if she meant the matter to go no further, was even Mattering.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells