“Your protege has made us late,” said he.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

She took the handkerchief from her face, glanced keenly at him, took in what he had said, and burst out laughing—such a merry, unrestrained laugh, so hearty and gay, that Adelaida could not contain herself.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"We will take that matter up later," said he finally.
— from Adrift in the Unknown; or, Queer Adventures in a Queer Realm by William Wallace Cook

I reckon he writes her a letter, and he says, says he, 'Dear Lady, I send thee my undyin' love,' says he.
— from Heart's Desire The Story of a Contented Town, Certain Peculiar Citizens, and Two Fortunate Lovers A Novel by Emerson Hough

explain, if you can, how that dagger came into your possession, how that blood came upon your hands; and, above all, why this most unhappy lady should have charged you with having murdered her.”
— from Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

It is a shame that the enemies of my uncle La Salle hold you out of Fort Frontenac.”
— from The Story of Tonty by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

Is my uncle La Salle here?”
— from The Story of Tonty by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

"Your protégé has made us late," said he.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Sketched in so few words the book's subject sounds unattractive, but Miss Una L. Silberrad has a genius for making "shop" as interesting in her novels as it usually is in real life, and Jim's plans and enterprises and the circuitous ways of the other directors provide material for quite an exciting story.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various