"Now is my time to make peace with this gallant man," said D'Artagnan to himself, having stood on one side during the whole of the latter part of the conversation; and with this good feeling drawing near to Aramis, who was departing without paying any attention to him, "Monsieur," said he, "you will
excuse me, I hope."
Three Musketeers
In the rough draught of it, he had mentioned, as his excuse for not being yet certain of his own movements, that he expected to be immediately married.
In the plainest words, she released him from his engagement, and, without waiting for his excuses, quitted the room.
Isabel, at Miss Pink's intercession, was induced to accept her lover's excuses, and, in the event of her favorable reception by Hardyman's parents at the farm, to give her consent (not very willingly even yet) to hastening the ceremony which was to make her Hardyman's wife.
Hardyman's invitations were in some cases refused; and in others accepted by husbands with excuses for the absence of their wives.
My Ladys Money
I can make no excuse for myself; I can only tell the truth, and say--so it was.
Fairlie to say that I would wait on him to take leave if he liked, but that he must excuse my being rather in a hurry.
The Woman in White
"Yes; all the advantages of sitting still when he ought to move, and of leading a life of mere idle pleasure, and fancying himself extremely expert in finding
excuses for it.
Emma
Monsieur Thuran had been trying to find an excuse to make a graceful departure.
"Do not forget that I am just waiting for some excuse." Then he turned on his heel, and left Rokoff standing there trembling with suppressed rage.
The Return of Tarzan
'Unnecessary to pursue the subject,' returned Flora, 'and would not have mentioned it on any account except as supposing it a favourable and only letter of introduction but as to being fact no doubt whatever and you may set your mind at rest for the very dress I have on now can prove it and sweetly made though there is no denying that it would tell better on a better figure for my own is much too fat though how to bring it down I know not, pray excuse me I am roving off again.' Mr Dorrit backed to his chair in a stony way, and seated himself, as Flora gave him a softening look and played with her parasol.
'Mr Dorrit,' said Flora, 'you are very kind in giving me permission and highly natural it seems to me that you should be kind for though more stately I perceive a likeness filled out of course but a likeness still, the object of my intruding is my own without the slightest consultation with any human being and most decidedly not with Arthur--pray excuse me Doyce and Clennam I don't know what I am saying Mr Clennam solus--for to put that individual linked by a golden chain to a purple time when all was ethereal out of any anxiety would be worth to me the ransom of a monarch not that I have the least idea how much that would come to but using it as the total of all I have in the world and more.'
Little Dorrit
done, the deeds theory of justification leaves Agnes only with an
excuse.
Justification and excuse, law and morality
It is easier to turn failure into success than an
excuse into a possibility.
Six Steps To Change Your Life
Excuses are the common denominator of failure: An
excuse is a reconciliation of a mistake.
JON TAFFER ON WHY BARS FAIL