It is a little surprising that the trivial story and the trivial style of 'Mr. De Witt's Widow' should have come from the hand which gave us the histories of the Princess Osra, and created the Kingdom of ruritania.
"My Contemporaries In Fiction"
David Christie Murray
As for Rudolf, he went back to ruritania, married a wife, and ascended the throne, whereon his progeny in the direct line have sat from then till this very hour-with one short interval.
"The Prisoner of Zenda"
Anthony Hope
And it occurred to me suddenly that I would visit ruritania.
"The Prisoner of Zenda"
Anthony Hope