"I do that already," she said, quickly.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

I wish to be able to awaken somebody by my side, so that I may be able to ask some sudden question, a stupid question even, if I feel inclined, so that I may hear a human voice, and feel that there is some waking soul close to me, some one whose reason is at work; so that when I hastily light the candle I may see some human face by my side—because—because —I am ashamed to confess it—because I am afraid of being alone.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

That was all there seemed to be to look forward to, and Sara stood quite still for several minutes and thought it over.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

VI A Very Strange Agony When we got into the drawing room, and had sat down to our coffee and chocolate, although Carmilla did not take any, she seemed quite herself again, and Madame, and Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, joined us, and made a little card party, in the course of which papa came in for what he called his "dish of tea."
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

But when we take a simple sensible quality like light or sound, and say that there is now twice or thrice as much of it present as there was a moment ago, although we seem to mean the same thing as if we were talking of compound objects, we really mean something different.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

She returned my look, coloured slightly, and some reply sprang to her lips, but she checked it, and turning away, said: "Sebastian Quesada's sister came here, and the two girls are closeted together, waiting for you."
— from Sarita, the Carlist by Arthur W. Marchmont

Step inside, sir, and take a seat,” said Quackinboss, whose manner was now as calm as possible.
— from One Of Them by Charles James Lever

When a young girl is about to marry the man she loves, with the full approval of her judgment and conscience, the consent of parents and friends, when her heart is full of hopes, when she blushes in solitude at her own happy thoughts, as she sits quietly sewing upon rich and delicate fabrics which are to enhance her beauty in his eyes, then she experiences the most blessed portion of her life.
— from Alice Wilde: The Raftsman's Daughter. A Forest Romance by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

She followed him closely, however, and only paused when she again got sight of the court-yard, with the Arab still standing quietly by the fire, upon which he had piled some more wood.
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Then, hearing her daughter’s step in the anteroom, she sprang quickly forward.
— from The Alkahest by Honoré de Balzac

hand in imitation of a famous incident of the period, and exclaimed, “Je jure!” “It is then agreed,” said she, quietly, but with a slight show of humour.
— from Luttrell Of Arran by Charles James Lever

When we got into the drawing-room, and had sat down to our coffee and chocolate, although Carmilla did not take any, she seemed quite herself again, and Madame, and Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, joined us, and made a little card party, in the course of which papa came in for what he called his "dish of tea."
— from In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu