And Lois was praying, and Rhoda with bitter tears, and the House monitory with the ring of its bells.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
Then I thought that in such extremity for your sake I did right to discover all I could of his secret; at least I would know if she, Diadyomene, were one vowed as I guessed in the House monitory.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
Bare conjugal civility required that on leaving the house Charlie should kiss me three times, and on returning six times: anything short of that I should have considered a pre-monitory symptom of approaching separation.
"Not Pretty, But Precious"
John Hay, et al.