And then, that next afternoon,-that very next afternoon, after she had written all her impulsive, wifelike, loving promises to Jack, what should come but a note from Ray to be delivered privately to her.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
She did not know that this wifelike attitude thrilled him as not even the kisses had; but he said, earnestly: No. I'm going now.
"H. R."
Edwin Lefevre
Sir Lucius and Lady Aphrodite Grafton were indeed on the best possible terms, and the whole county admired his conjugal attentions and her wifelike affections.
"The Young Duke"
Benjamin Disraeli