"I won't make any promises, Miss Esther," she said, rather stiffly; "the master said I must have help, and I am willing to try what you can do, though you are young and not used to the ways of a sick room," finished the provoking creature; but I restrained my impatience.
— from Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

‘And for my sake, also, most excellent sir,’ said Raphael, smiling quietly.
— from Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley