Tommy Pache-in those days old Mr. Pache had been "Tommy" to his relations-had hurried up to London and said all the usual things that one does say to a young fool on such an occasion, but even he had been struck by the girl's beauty, though of course Tommy had been careful not to let this out to the others when he had got back to them.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
A curious element had come, just of late, into his relations with Venables-the element of embarrassment.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Though they walked and talked together, and played at being lovers again, a sense of distrust hung over their relations.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee