The glance was caught by two young men, whose station, in these days when dress is an equivocal Designator of rank, could not be guessed by their exterior.
"Lucretia, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The Designator, or marshal of the sombre ceremonial, accompanied by his torch-bearers, clad in black, gave the signal, and the procession moved dreadly on.
"The Last Days of Pompeii"
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton