But before he could reach it, two tame elephants rushed at him, and Gumble-umble was soon bound with strong chains and ropes, so that he could hardly move.
— from Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant: His Many Adventures by Richard Barnum

La commission reacted interestingly to the Enormous Room: the captain of gendarmes looked soggily around and saw nothing with a good deal of contempt; the scented soap squinted up his face and said, "Faugh!" or whatever a French bourgeois avocat says in the presence of a bad smell ( la commission was standing by the door and consequently close to the cabinet ); but the little red-head kite-flying gentleman looked actually horrified.
— from The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings