"Old lady" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The old lady here left me to myself, and I returned into the quadrangle. It was very quiet, very handsome, in its own obsolete style, and must be an exceedingly comfortable place for the old people to lounge in, when the inclement winds render it inexpedient to walk abroad. There are shrubs ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various
... arranged, messieurs," he said. "There's an old lady and two young ladies in the house. I told them all about you, when they said that they were fond of the English, and would be very happy to give you shelter and food, but that you must come quietly so that no one but their old brown maitre d'hotel, and black girls who wait on ...
— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston
... Miss Burnaby smiled a pleased smile as she sipped the Benedictine which a footman had poured into a tall green-and-gold Bohemian liqueur-glass for her. She, at any rate, was enjoying her visit. And so, Blanche Farrow decided, was the old lady's niece, for "How beautiful and perfect everything is!" exclaimed the girl; and indeed the room in which they now found themselves ...
— From Out the Vasty Deep • Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
... and quiet they are," the girls stretching their necks, and nearly staring their eyes out. Alec and I were choking with laughter, and I went up and said, "My dear creature, these are not the camels, these are the loads; the camels are away in the bush, feeding." The old lady seemed greatly annoyed, while the others, in chorus, said, "Oh, oh! what, ain't those the camels there?" etc. By that time the ...
— Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration • Ernest Giles
... right," said the colonel, "Forbes is a damned idiot. The old lady can stay on, and if anybody annoys her, let ...
— General Bramble • Andre Maurois
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