Involuntarily but unobtrusively, under cover of the little tubbed trees that hedged the terrasse apart from the square, Duchemin did likewise, and so discovered, or for the first time appreciated, the cause of the uncommonly early dusk that loured over Nant.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
If the thieves had left any tracks on the terrasse, the rain must have washed them clean away.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
He ran back to his table on the terrasse to settle for his Vermouth, astonished the waiter by not stopping to notice the short change he gave him, and rushed back to the carriage.
"The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life"
Charles Klein