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The Adventures of the Mason (1832) Washington Irving

"One night he was roused from his first sleep by a knocking at his door. He opened it, and beheld before him a tall, meagre, cadaverous-looking person. 'Hark ye, honest friend!' said the stranger; 'I have observed that you are a good Christian, and one to be trusted; will you undertake a job this very night?' "

The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note (1893) Mark Twain

"Could I afford it? No; I had nothing in the world but a million pounds."

A Rose for Emily (1930) William Faulkner

"Already we knew that there was one room in that region above stairs which no one had seen in forty years, and which would have to be forced. They waited until Miss Emily was decently in the ground before they opened it."

The Second Gift Given (2009) Ken Scholes

"For now, he would keep what little he needed to survive and leave the rest where his People could find it. He would do this every day for as long as it took because he knew that if choice was the First Gift Given, love must indeed be the second."