But it's beastly saying good-bye.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Ted, how can I possibly know all your beastly old flags?
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
I've been feeling these last weeks as though my father were sitting there in that beastly house with that filthy woman-and willing me-absolutely with all his might-to go under-" "But what is it," said Stephen, going, as always, to the simplest aspect of the case, "that you exactly want to do?"
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole