Then came the soft, quick Pitapat of her tiny feet along the hall and the frou-frou of the skirts,-never yet could he hear it without a little thrill of passionate delight.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
But in that guise it is you, sir, of to-day, and if your oration is spoken to one auditor, in all that lovely throng in the gallery, whose heart answers "pity Zekle" to your Pitapat, do you think that the divine Una's grandmother was never young, and that the droll high-collared coats did not cover hearts as sensitive and hopes as high as the faultless summer attire of Nameless, Jun, class of '90?
"From the Easy Chair, series 2"
George William Curtis
And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes Pitapat at the very sight of you!"
"Love, The Fiddler"
Lloyd Osbourne