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"Fine little craft for a honeymoon," he observed, "that is, of course, if the lady in question enjoyed sailing. It's amusing to picture some women on a sailing-trip " "And some men on a honeymoon," added Miss Mallory. This delighted Framtree.... Sorenson was rather a ponderous Slav with languages. He was not accustomed to conserve his thirst until dinner-time.
Will Levington Comfort - Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel

"Perhaps you will correct me if I am wrong.... The black tramp yonder was making for The Pleiad Inlet, with a cargo of guns and ammunition for the rebellion. The little sailing-trip of Señor Rey was designed to pull the gunboat afar off in the Southwest, the original course, as you say, to permit the tramp to make the Inlet unmolested. Jaffier won't need the guns, but they're a moral force "
Will Levington Comfort - Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel

Outwardly there was as yet no rupture between my father and the minister, and it must have been for the purpose of manifesting this publicly that during the sheriff's visit my father was invited over to the minister's two or three times. It was thus that my father and I were one day asked to go on a sailing-trip out to the Vætte Rocks, which lay half a mile away.
Jonas Lie - The Visionary: Pictures From Nordland
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