1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 10, It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.
