But you must not be angry with the good woman, for she knows that a corset is easy to unlace.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
If she hesitates, then they will be violent, they are resolved, oh, not very violent, only enough to unlace the hands of the old nuns retaining her.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti
Then she stood it up on the table so she could gaze down and smile while she undressed, and even placed it on the floor as she leaned down to unlace her shoes.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst