Bee went at once to the English-speaking waiter, and asked for Mr. Leigh, whom the man, curious as all lookers-on are at a social drama going on under their eyes, declared to be still in his room.
— from The Sorceress (complete) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
"We are not going on until the evening, Dan.
— from With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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