He seemed to delight in rendering her the smallest personal service.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Then-one difficulty after another intervened, beginning with a great fire in the fall which swept away Martha's home and all they had accumulated, together with her husband's school, rendering it necessary for the young couple to go back to Leauvite for the winter.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Neither of them seemed to realize that Dorris was making game of them; for Tug listened to all he said-and he said a great deal-with an injured air that was extremely ludicrous; and when Davy related that when Mr. Whittle was in practice, the judges begged the favor of his opinion before rendering their decisions on difficult legal questions, Dorris regretted that he had not known the judges, for he felt sure that they were wise and agreeable gentlemen.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe