He went to his study, wrote, tore up, and wrote again a letter to his wife, asking her to come back on account of domestic difficulties which he specified at first, but in a later draft more discreetly left unspecified.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
Nothing could better illustrate the fact that the Virginia adventurers in 1611 had to begin all over again than the 100 cattle, the 200 swine, and the poultry in unspecified numbers Gates had aboard his ships as they set their course westward.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven
It is useless to attempt concealment of the fact that at this juncture Dora Glynde made a face-an honest schoolgirl behind-your-back Face-indicative of supreme scorn for some person or persons unspecified.
"From One Generation to Another"
Henry Seton Merriman