It was the last day but one, and poor Prosy couldn't be expected to accept her own view-that the awful Jolliness of being back at Krakatoa Villa would even compensate-more than compensate-for the pangs of parting with the Saint.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
These confidences, however, were soon superseded by an exchange, between mother and daughter, of increasingly frequent allusions to the delights of Narragansett, the popularity of Mrs. Higby, and the Jolliness of her house; with an occasional reference on Mrs. Carstyle's part to the probability of Hewlett Bain's being there as usual-hadn't Irene heard from Mrs. Higby that he was to be there?
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
His "Jolliness" was there in point of view, in the astounding interest he found in anything and everything, in his refusal to be upset by any sort of thing whatever.
"The Golden Scarecrow"
Hugh Walpole