The father characteristically died when the effort of living might have made it possible to retrieve his fortunes; and Woburn's mother and sister, embittered by this final evasion, settled down to a vindictive war with circumstances.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
Culligore regarded her narrowly, as if sensing an attempt at evasion in what she had just said.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
"Tell me where I can connect with a drink," was his jocular evasion, "or I'll call you a name you never heard before."
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon