"I hate to leave you," whispered Antoinette, as she gazed up into her hero's face, "but Will is a nice boy, and I don't like to refuse him one."
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Shall I then refuse it in both cases, or choose it in both?
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
I didn't think it wise to refuse.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine