inwaiting

The grooms-inwaiting bade the people stand aside; the court was cleared of steeds and folk.

The Nibelungenlied 2007

Kriemhild, the fair, went with her maids-inwaiting to where, false of mood, she greeted the Nibelungs.

The Nibelungenlied 2007

Her Majesty was conducted to Lochleven, where her tyrant soon dismissed her very last lady-inwaiting, the confidential Irish secretary, whose performance had produced such a fine effect amongst the Newcomes.

The Newcomes 2006

Minister and the designing old lady-inwaiting with terror.

The Rose and the Ring 2006

In a word, she was a most accomplished young creature; and her governess and lady-inwaiting was the severe Countess Gruffanuff.

The Rose and the Ring 2006

The lady-inwaiting passed the comb through, and sparks of electricity simply showered out!

A Desperate Character 2006

Castle — with a sham king, and sham lords-inwaiting, and sham loyalty, and a sham Haroun Alraschid, to go about in a sham disguise, making believe to be affable and splendid?

The Book of Snobs 2006

They expressed much sympathy for me in my bereavement; and almost every day they gave me money more or less, and by my activity inwaiting on them, and upright conduct, I got into the good graces of them all, but they could notget any person to buy me on account of the amount of intelligence which they supposed me to have; for many of them thought that I could read and write.

Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 1849

a school, and asked nothing better than to have a sort of lady-inwaiting in Mme. de Bargeton, a dependent who would sing her praises, a treasure even more scarce among Parisian women than a staunch and loyal critic among the literary tribe.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

“Before the Revolution,” he went on, “I had for my mistress a woman who had previously been kept by the gentleman-inwaiting, as they then called the executioner.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007