"He can't get it out of his head," said the other, in a low, stealthy whisper, "that, if you should leave Lady Dorothea, he will be turned away out of the stewardship.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Very often he was absent from The Locks for weeks at a time, looking after the farm affairs, and he seldom visited his mistress except to give accounts of his stewardship, which were always satisfactory.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Two or three sinecures are retained for that purpose, the best known being the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, a position which the member desiring to leave Parliament applies for, accepts, and immediately gives up.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell