Secretly she prepared for flight, getting together the few necessary things she could carry; then, with the child in her arms, she stole out one evening and began her flight, which took her all across England at its widest part, and ended at this small coast town, the best hiding-place she could think of.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
If I were here telling a story of the Paronsina, or indeed any story at all, I might suffer myself to enlarge somewhat upon the daily order of her secluded life, and show how the seclusion of other Venetian girls was the widest liberty as compared with hers; but I have no right to play with the reader's patience in a performance that can promise no excitement of incident, no charm of invention.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
17,061. But 36 inches is the widest that is commonly sold?
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie