The Pretender married, and was Pensioned for marrying, merely that the French Court might have another possible Pretender to use as a weapon against England; is it likely, therefore, that such an heir would be hid away so as to lose his identity, and be completely and utterly forgotten?
"The Countess of Albany"
Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
He thought he should live a couple of years longer, and his great dread was lest he should be Pensioned off before the time because of his invalid condition.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
And none of the inhabitants of the third floor, except Mr. Ascough who never thought anything about anything, having discovered that if once you begin to think there is no end to it, and a dried and brittle little man lately Pensioned off by the firm he had been clerk to and taking his first trip on the continent in a condition of profound uninterestedness, threw it aside.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim