Thistleton

And in the ball-room the Thistleton family nodded their heads sagely to the rhythm of the same music.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

So it had been decided to start the day after the morrow by private and swiftest steam-boat to Luxor, where Damaris, shepherded by Jane Coop and under the social wing of Lady Thistleton, would sojourn at the

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Lady Thistleton was large and recumbent and averse to sight-seeing, but after a heart-to-heart talk with her daughters had seen to it that

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Thistleton, with the royal asp of ancient Egypt with a slight list to starboard above her heated countenance, stood alone in the middle of the room, with a glass of champagne in one hand.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Should she send her back to England, or take her as far as Luxor and leave her there under the social wing of Lady Thistleton?

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Thistleton family cause to congratulate themselves in the seclusion of their bedrooms.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

The substance of what he read was as follows: A cable message had reached San Francisco from Honolulu in the afternoon of the previous day, announcing that an aeroplane had alighted there about three o'clock that morning, the owner, a Lieutenant Thistleton (so it was corrupted) Smith declaring that he had come from Samoa in sixteen hours, and was proceeding to San Francisco.

Round the World in Seven Days Herbert Strang

The girl had quite casually recounted the fight in the bazaar, and the wise old woman had made no comment; but, all the same, next day she indifferently asked a few questions of Lady Thistleton, who had a big heart, narrow mind, an ever-wagging tongue and two daughters.

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

Lady Thistleton was a motherly old soul and had a great affection for

The Hawk of Egypt Joan Conquest

He was a son of Richard Blackburne, of Thistleton, Lancaster.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913