Her first impulse was to shriek, but, by a powerful exercise of will, she checked herself, and ringing frantically for the servants who slept on the top floor of the house, flew to the nearest window and endeavoured to open it.
— from The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange by Anna Katharine Green

Her first impulse was to shriek, but, by a powerful exercise of will, she checked herself, and, ringing frantically for the servants who slept on the top-floor of the house, flew to the nearest window and endeavored to open it.
— from The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock by Anna Katharine Green

She cannot have any real feeling for such a boy, and, after all, a good-looking man of the world - " He smiled to himself as over a thought that pleased him, and rang for his servant to go out and hail a taxi.
— from Winding Paths by Gertrude Page