Percivals

The Percivals did not want to talk to me at first, although I tried my most SYMPATHETIC manner, but when I explained that Lord Peter had sent me to help in the hunt for the murderer they changed their minds, and asked me in, and helped me with all my questions.

Presumption of Death Sayers, Dorothy L. 2002

Well, the long and the short of it is, Lady Peter, that Wendy wanted to travel, and the Percivals felt that she should stand on her own feet and let them help her younger sisters find theirs.

Presumption of Death Sayers, Dorothy L. 2002

The Percivals are not only restful to themselves, but to others.

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

Then you know how it jarred my nerves to have her rush in upon me when my mind was full of the Percivals.

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

Unless I consider that the Percivals have redeemed the record I am keeping, there is nothing especially tempting in the marriages I am watching.

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

Before setting out I arranged with Laura that as it might appear strange were I to insist on returning to dinner when she was alone at home with her father, I should, if invited, remain at the Percivals till evening.

Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover Anonymous

I feel very much alone sometimes; but the Percivals carry their world with them.

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

The regret, growing into resolution, hastened her steps, that went unto the place devoted to the dead Percivals.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

The Percivals and Mr. Whitehouse delighted her, and you saw how well she sustained her part of the conversation.

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

'About this time, my son being now at Rugby, we went down to see him and lunched with the Percivals.'

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907