So the best way was to turn back at once, and in order to get home as soon as possible, he unfortunately struck across a side path.
— from St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel by Kálmán Mikszáth

She made room for the girl in the bed beside [230] her and soothed and petted her until she fell asleep.
— from The Maker of Opportunities by George Gibbs

But you must excuse her; she is bewildered by the position she occupies; and the high and mighty airs she assumes prove how unused she is to her newly-acquired wealth.”
— from Paul and His Dog, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIV) by Paul de Kock

"Then we will fashion a sling and pull him up," said Sir Thomas; "or, better, do you, Roger de Luce, lean well over the side, and others shall hold you; then those aboard the boat can pull alongside and hand the fellow up.
— from Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Emile yawned and stretched, and pulled himself up slowly from the chair by the open window in which he had fallen asleep.
— from The Hippodrome by Rachel Hayward

Then came the business of dressing, and two maids took Tess into her room to bathe and comb and scent and polish her, until she wondered how the rest of the world got on without handmaidens, and laughed to think that one short week ago she had never had a personal attendant since her nurse.
— from Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth by Talbot Mundy