Here Laura ought to sing the song "Vain is every fond endeavor;" but Lady Adela said to the violinist, "No, never mind, Syb; no one wants to hear me sing, until the necessity of the case arises.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
And if they don't, Syb, I'll come along and spend a couple of hundred pounds myself."
"Jack O' Judgment"
Edgar Wallace
He must have been an old nuisance, Syb.
"The White Peacock"
D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
