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  • Memorial cairns are still occasionally erected, as, for instance, the cairn raised in memory of the prince consort at Balmoral, and "Maule's Cairn," in Glenesk, erected by the earl of Dalhousie in 1866, in memory of himself and certain friends specified by name in the inscription placed upon it.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Lord Campbell, in reply, cited Mr. Justice Maule's scorching irony, when a poor man, whose wife bad robbed him and absconded, had sought to provide his children with a mother, and had committed bigamy.

    Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921

  • How, presently, looking at the veranda opposite, he had seen the door of Mr Maule's bedroom open, and a woman come out, how she had stood a few moments facing him, with the moonlight straight on her, so that there was no possibility of his making a mistake.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • He became aware of Maule's eyes turning from one to the other.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • So as I knew there was nobody then – in Mr Maule's room, I went back and looked in.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • One of these was Willoughby Maule's anxious message of enquiry conveyed by Maggie, to which she had the presence of mind to return the answer that she had caught cold, and was staying in bed for the present, but would no doubt be quite well shortly.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • I told Bridget how the Inspector had watched her go out of Mr Maule's room, and had grabbed the note afterwards, and shown it to you.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • She opened the door leading from Maule's room into the veranda, and went out.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • Then he told his own version of the capture and locking up of Wombo, taking blame on himself for having left the key of the hide-house in Maule's possession.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

  • She attributed this to a community of experiences in South America, and also to Maule's undoubted knack of managing men.

    Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

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