Now that he had, as she thought, made his confession and promised restitution, it was perhaps the natural product of her conflicting thoughts and feelings that she should trust to his oft-repeated vows, and make the Paction with him.
"A Dozen Ways Of Love"
Lily Dougall
In his "History" Knox "cannot certainly say whether there was any secret Paction and confederacy between the Queen herself and Huntly."
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang
"We've nae Paction to that effec'-the case o' kickshaws is mine," retorted Swankie.
"The Lighthouse"
Robert Ballantyne