After I had found the ringleted Aschael it took us half-an-hour to escape from the pair of them, and even then it was done only at the cost of the invitation I had so obstinately withheld.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Not a week had passed but she had dropped in once or twice, mostly alone, but not infrequently with the ringleted Aschael.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
The luckless Sir Ralph drank deep draughts of love from the matchless grace of her attitudes, as, taking the bow in her left hand, and adjusting the arrow with her right, advancing her left foot, and gently curving her beautiful figure with a slight motion of her head that waved her black feathers and her ringleted hair, she drew the arrow to its head, and loosed it from her open fingers.
"Maid Marian"
Thomas Love Peacock