"The Duchesse de Mirecourt, my Lady," said a servant, entering, "begs to know if your Ladyship will receive her?"
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He therefore asks Time to teach him "many years"-for years to come-the real truth, and make him feel that these strange things, over which his tears are shed, are not merely a prolonged dream; and he begs that his fancies, hovering over the approaching ship, may quite realise that it brings no ordinary freight, but actually the mortal remains of his friend.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
He asks the meaning of it all-where the fault lies, if fault there be; he begs her to help him to discover it.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr