signor's

It might have been merely excitement; but the announcement that the signor's feats were about to commence prevented his asking his sister the cause of her agitation.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

The birds were now replaced in their cages, and it was the signor's turn to occupy the stage.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Did I not duly choose these fronting on the gallery, and dispose therein the signor's baggage?

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

Girls, I here forbid you once for all to mention that signor's name to me again; else I'll whip you till the blood comes.

The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849

Spalatro bowed before his master in obedience, while his frame gave a shudder of horror, as he regarded the deathly appearance that still lingered in the signor's features.

Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3 1847

The expectant bridegroom accordingly took a temporary leave of the vizier, Flora and the aunt, and returned to the city to seek his friend Fernand Wagner, it being understood that those whom he had just left should meet him at that signor's mansion by mid-day.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

We were all of us far too full of the signor's precarious state to talk either about robbers or ghosts.

Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

While she went down to speak to Martha, and break the intelligence to her, I stole out with my letter to the Aga Jenkyns, and went to the signor's lodgings to obtain the exact address.

Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Nevertheless, we all regarded his dictum in the signor's case as infallible, and when he said that with care and attention he might rally, we had no more fear for him.

Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

'I know neither, ma'am, for certain; but I heard Ludovico say something about going, after we get to terra-firma, to the signor's castle among some mountains, that he talked of.'

The Mysteries of Udolpho Ann Ward Radcliffe 1793