The boy went away to meet sternness and suffering and mazes of misdirection-had to compromise with the world to fit at all.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
Calling me a brat and a so-and-so was affectionate misdirection to conceal- he broke off at their expressions.
"The Short Life"
Francis Donovan
She belonged to the list of persons appointed to cut life's thread when it strains, their general kindness being so liable to misdirection.
"The Amazing Marriage, v3"
George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English