Even the missionary ladies unbent so far as to say they would miss my bright face and merry chatter.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
It needed but a glance for Ethelyn to know the truth, for Andy's face told what he was; but there was something so kind in his expression and so winning in his voice, as he called her "Sister Ethie," that she unbent to him as she had unbent to no one else; and when he stooped to kiss her, she did not draw back as she had from James and John, but promptly put up her lips, and only winced a very little at the second loud, hearty smack which Andy gave her, his great mouth leaving a wet spot on her cheek, which she wiped away with her handkerchief.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
Since no man in public life can risk offending people of importance, His Honor unbent.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach