Her son and her daughter and her niece watched the gathering; it was a familiar process to them.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
At last, and with the start of one who "suddenly bethought him of a precaution that ought not to be neglected," he said,-"Of course, this is so far all between ourselves, for if I was to go up straight to my Lady, and say, 'I want to marry your niece,' I think I know what the answer would be."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The agency and the niece!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever