covering's

Updated: June 8, 2025

All the covering's were being drawn steadily off, with a hateful, stealthy sort of motion. I heard the slow, dragging slither of the clothes; but I could see nothing of the thing that pulled.

William Hope Hodgson - Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

And so you are aware that Sir Francis is beginning again in his eh reckless and imprudent course?" "At his old games, sir can't prevent that gentleman. He will do it." "Mr. Strong was saying that a Mr. Moss Abrams was the holder of one of Sir Francis Covering's notes. Do you know any thing of this Mr. Abrams, or the amount of the bill?" "Don't know the bill know Abrams quite well, sir."

William Makepeace Thackeray - The History of Pendennis, Volume 2: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy