All of France was doubtful, and even the savants who defended my name at the trial found that they could not explain it nor disbelieve it.
"Doom of the House of Duryea"
Earl Peirce
She could not disbelieve in him.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas
I said these things to her oftener than I should naturally have done, because I saw that in her wish to disbelieve them she really did so, and I wished to make her understand me, in case either Papa or Mama or the boys should be speaking of it before her.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond