On April 5, at Vienna, when he wished to resign, she wrote: Anxious he should delay this step till he hears again from home, as he might repent it, in which case either Retracting or abiding by it would be bad.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
As the clock struck two, I had just affixed my name to an agreement, for Jack Waller had so much of method in his madness, that, fearful of my Retracting in the morning, he had committed the whole to writing, which, as a specimen of Jack's legal talents I copy from the original document now in my posession.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
"No," said Kennedy stiffening suddenly in backbone, as he saw the outlet opened by Maguire, between antagonizing Peter, and Retracting his consent.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford