"I'm sure, mother, it would be hard for me to say," said Joseph, smiling faintly; "some of our kind townsfolk, perhaps.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Opposite were the Ferry Hill hordes under their brown and white banner and with them a sprinkling of townsfolk from Silver Cove.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
The lamps were lighted now, and the street looked as it had looked in her memory through the years; between the 'Green Dragon' and the 'Duke of Kent' were the same groups of men-farmers, townsfolk, fishermen-talking in the glare of the rival inns, and they stared at her curiously as she passed, a tall figure, closely veiled.
"Orientations"
William Somerset Maugham