Thomas Hardy,
Desperate Remedies — 5. FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWENTY-SEVENTH OF AUGUST
(1871)
“ Thus terrified, driven into a corner, panting and fluttering about for some loophole of escape, yet still shrinking from the idea of being Manston's wife, the poor little bird endeavoured to find out from Miss Aldclyffe whether it was likely Owen would be well treated in the hospital. ”
