He told Mavis how he had seen Bates junior-a seedy, wicked-looking wretch now-lurking at dusk in the cottage porch, and how next morning he had ridden over to talk to Mr. Bates about this ill-Omened visitor.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The ill-Omened sounds increased.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
"But what will the tribesmen of the ill-Omened prophet do with them?
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz