"My chieftain," said Thal subduedly, "here is the engineer from Walden."
"The Pirates of Ersatz"
Murray Leinster
I wander objectlessly, pleasurelessly about with Vick-apparently sharing my depression-trotting subduedly, with tail half-mast high, at my heels, and at length sit down on a bench under a mulberry-tree.
"Nancy A Novel"
Rhoda Broughton
The lamps above the table are shining subduedly under their green shades; and on a couch against the wall two people are sitting.
"Nancy A Novel"
Rhoda Broughton