She had had occasion to ask the secretary several questions and the latter's manner of answering had been curt, almost to rudeness.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
I promise you still more, that before he leaves this you shall have an apology from his own lips for his accidental rudeness; nay, two men that would know how to respect each other should never part under even a passing misunderstanding.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
And the painful part of it was they did not withdraw their eyes after they had found him, but gazed and gazed with truly rural interest, in which rudeness really had no place.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey