You won't be long away.' 'No, no, no.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

The officers returned before long, and Ned noticed that Lieutenant Timmons’ brow was [108] clouded, and he looked troubled.
— from The Dreadnought Boys Aboard a Destroyer by John Henry Goldfrap

I'll never be late again, not never; not for all the girls in the world.
— from Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford

On the old stage-road between Louisville and Nashville, near the banks of the Beech Fork, where stood the home of the Howards, can be seen to-day a spacious stone residence.
— from The Cave by the Beech Fork: A Story of Kentucky—1815 by Henry S. (Henry Stanislaus) Spalding

Mercifully forebearing to restore her senses till after his skillfull examination, the doctor could discover no broken limbs, and nothing now remained but to enable her to speak for herself as to her condition.
— from Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts

"The Jerries are starting to bomb London at night, now, you know.
— from Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. by Robert Sidney Bowen

The blows must be light and numerous, not slow and heavy, like driving a post into the ground.
— from The Pyrotechnist's Treasury; Or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks by Thomas Kentish

"There's a lot of things that might be; but like as not none of my guesses is correct."
— from Lost in the Air by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

I have heard that there is a library, but the clue to it has been lost, and nobody now knows the way.
— from Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope

Bob looked at Ned, Ned looked at Jerry, and Jerry glanced down at Bob.
— from The Motor Boys Afloat; or, The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway by Clarence Young