The presence of the man whom he had just declared immortal did not deter Minard, when the occasion was thus made for him, from plunging eagerly into one of the most precious joys of bourgeois existence, namely, the retailing of gossip.
"The Lesser Bourgeoisie"
Honore de Balzac
Sarah Woodham turned cold with apprehension, under the impression that the women were retailing the scandal they had heard to their mistress, and she uttered a sigh of relief as she heard Mary Dillon say quickly- "And they are talking about it everywhere you say?"
"King of the Castle"
George Manville Fenn
And don't let me hear you retailing any such lie about me around this town, sir!
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler