Hunger made him also, for some occult reason, begin to think of Helen, and he found himself wondering whether she was confined anywhere near him, and if so, could he make known his presence by any means.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Dishes arranged in an order little less than military, all angles either right or acute, will, for some occult reason, always look well.
"The Myrtle Reed Cook Book"
Myrtle Reed
In spite of the silence that had been maintained by the Barn Elms people regarding the engagement, Mrs. Sherrard, who had what is vulgarly called a nose for news, found it out by some occult means, and Throckmorton was held up in the road, as he was riding peacefully along, to answer her inquiries.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell