Francesca was not an early riser and her breakfast was only just beginning to mobilise on the breakfast-table next morning when a copy of The Times, sent by special messenger from her brother's house, was brought up to her room.
"The Unbearable Bassington"
Saki
Then, when the Free State was ready to mobilise, the President secured another delay of three days in order that diplomacy might have one more chance.
"With the Boer Forces"
Howard C. Hillegas
In fancied security, therefore, we continued to visit cemeteries, cathedrals, art galleries, tombs, and so on, until, almost like a bolt from the sky, came tidings that certain neighbouring states had interchanged declarations of war and the French forces were preparing to mobilise.
"Fibble, D. D."
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb