The stranger appeared agitated, clasped his hands, then, hastily advancing to the Captain, sunk at his feet, and, throwing off the Roquelaure, discovered to his astonished senses-Sir Henry Corbet!
"The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I"
Sophia Reeve
A sharp conflict ensued, in which their assailants had evidently the superiority, and they were nearly overpowered, when a man, wrapped in a large Roquelaure, hastily approached.
"The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I"
Sophia Reeve
What with the mist, the mask on his face, and the Roquelaure that enveloped him to the ears, I could make out nothing of the stranger, who did not even answer my salutation except by a slight inclination of his head.
"The Chevalier d'Auriac"
S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats