"Now, Massingbred," said he, laying his hand on the young man's arm, "it is only because I am not free to tell another man's secret that I do not at once place you fully in possession of all I myself know of this transaction; but rely on it, you shall be informed on every point, and immediately after the issue of this negotiation with Merl, whatever be the result, you shall stand on the same footing with myself."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
And we may conclude that our little negotiation as suitor and guardian is ended.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
If Mr. Fox had lived, he thought he should have made peace-praised the noble way in which the negotiation was begun by him.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond