Then he rose, and sauntered across the meadow to the country road, and down it past the schoolhouse standing on its own small rise of ground with the door still wide open, and its shadow, cast by the rays of the now setting sun stretched long across the playground.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
First sauntering down the playground there came a boy whom Peter had noticed on that first morning in school-some one very little older than Peter and not very much bigger, but with a grace, a dignity, an air that was very wonderful indeed.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
The tall form of a master passed slowly down the playground, but it appeared that he had seen nothing, and he did not speak.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole