Diana and Jane and Ruby only waited long enough to see it caught in the current and headed for the bridge before scampering up through the woods, across the road, and down to the lower headland where, as Lancelot and Guinevere and the King, they were to be in readiness to receive the lily maid.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

At sight of Mannie, Leon Kantor, the tears still wetly and dirtily down his cheeks, left off his black, fierce-eyed stare of waiting long enough to smile, darkly, it is true, but sweetly.
— from Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst

In accompanying Edith to the part of the beach where we stood I had taken no note of directions, but now, as I began to study the shore, I observed with lively emotion that she had unwittingly brought me to the site of my old seaside place at Nahant.
— from Equality by Edward Bellamy

I thought her very cruel and unreasonable then, and I am afraid I believe that if Harold had had ten, or even five thousand a year, these objections would never have been heard of; but after years and experience have cooled my mind, it seems to me that on several grounds she was justified in her reluctance, and that, as Viola was so young, and Harold's repentance had been comparatively recent, she might fairly have insisted on waiting long enough to see whether he were indeed to be depended upon, or if Viola's affection were strong enough to endure such risk as there might be.
— from My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Sir Francis could not complain of one thing—that he got no audience; for it was the pleasure of West Lynne extensively to support him in that respect—a few to cheer, a great many to jeer and hiss.
— from East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Among others who later entertained the same wish was Charles Philip Krauth.
— from American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente

The next day Obed was lucky enough to shoot an antelope, and they had fresh food.
— from The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

The ship that carried her off was large enough, they say, to make the voyage, and winds have been favourable.
— from Veranilda by George Gissing

While she waited for her fire to burn Phil whittled at this slit, until the opening was large enough to slip the knife through.
— from Madge Morton's Secret by Amy D. V. Chalmers

For history seems to teach, as its one grand lesson, confirming, as always, the revelation in Christ, that men cannot take care of themselves; and that God leaves them to their own ways long enough to satisfy them that human agency is inadequate to solve the question of reform, and then, when the times are ripe, He takes the reins into His own hand, and starts society anew.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Second, the prince whom of all others one would least expect to see honoured in the city of his foes.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount