Dorland kept the others in conversation, and this fortunately enabled me to make a couple of finds unnoticed by them.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
She left the shadow sitting there with the basket of fruit and flowers at her side unnoticed and forgotten, and stepped quietly out of the darkened room into the sunlight and fresh air.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Then while her mother was occupied, Amalia, unnoticed, gave him the broth to carry up to the shed, and there, as Larry still slept, he set it near the fire that it might be warm and ready for him should he wake during their absence.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine