In the end he grows nasty, and from the first he is disgustingly underbred."
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Indeed, my recommendations-as I told Miss Gascoigne-include some of the very first families-" "I have no doubt Miss Gascoigne was satisfied," interrupted Mrs. Grey, not quite liking the flippant manner, the showy style of dress, and the air, at once subservient and forward; in truth, something which, despite her prettiness, stamped the governess as underbred, exactly what Aunt Henrietta had said-"not a lady."
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Indeed, once she had hoped that Laurie and Maggie might come to an understanding that would prevent all possible difficulty as to the future of his house and estate; but the fourth volcanic storm had once more sent the world flying in pieces about Mrs. Baxter's delicate ears; and, during the last three months she had had to face the prospect of Laurie's bringing home as a bride the rather underbred, pretty, stammering, pink and white daughter of a Baptist grocer of the village.
"The Necromancers"
Robert Hugh Benson