abscond

It was rather hard on Maggie that Tom always absconded without letting her into the secret, but the weaker sex are acknowledged to be serious impedimenta in cases of flight.

Others write plays with such heedlessness that, after they have been acted, the actors have to fly and abscond, afraid of being punished, as they often have been, for having acted something offensive to some king or other, or insulting to some noble family.

"The day it happened Lucille bought this same poison, and it is a rare one, from a man who has absconded. An hour before this man was found dead, she called at the hotel, left no name, but went upstairs to Mr.

There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time.

There was no conceivable reason why his nephew should have suddenly absconded, unless Mr.

'Whereas a young boy, named Oliver Twist, absconded, or was enticed, on Thursday evening last, from his home, at Pentonville; and has not since been heard of.

Besides, he had absconded with his mother's guineas: who knew what else he had done, in Jamaica or elsewhere, before he came to Grimworth, worming himself into families under false pretences?

"Great Heavens!" groaned the Admiral, "he has absconded."

Almost as he spoke a special train with one carriage took the curve of the line on their left, and, stopping, disgorged another group of policemen, in whose midst was the hangdog visage of Magnus, the absconded servant.

Your father has absconded - deserted you - and you mustn't expect to see him again as long as you live.'

There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous.

'The other principal, you say, has absconded, ma'am?'