The setting down near Pomeroy's gate, the reception at his house, the rough, hasty suit paid to her-were these all parts of a drama cunningly arranged to mystify her?
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
Amarilly hesitated, longing to mystify him further, but it came over her in a rush how very kind he had been to her.
"Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley"
Belle K. Maniates