Shigalov only said in the doorway to Shatov, who was seeing him out: “Remember that you are bound to give an explanation.” “Hang your explanation, and who the devil am I bound to?” said Shatov.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In the evening, the few faithful still holding out received two young men, whom the delegates from the Central Committee at Lyons had sent.
— from History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray

Newport, experimenting, it is true, under conditions very different from mine, since his observations related to young Meloes held captive in a glass jar, while mine were made in the normal circumstances, Newport, I was saying, saw Meloes fasten to the body of a Malachius and stay there without moving, which inclines me to believe that with Beetles I should have obtained the same results as, for instance, with a Drone-fly.
— from The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean-Henri Fabre

After a few short hours of rest, the young people had to get ready for breakfast, and soon afterwards the second part of the wedding ceremony began, the part which is called Fen ta siao , which, literally translated, means "To distinguish between great and small."
— from Everlasting Pearl: One of China's Women by Anna Magdalena Johannsen

I had only seen him once, remember, twelve years ago, and when I durst not look at him.”
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge