Mr. Jervis, Volume II by B. M. Croker

Honor Gordon and Sir Gloster sent their ponies on ahead -- as the path was all downhill -- and elected to walk. To tell the truth, the gentleman was a nervous rider, and greatly preferred pedestrian exercise. It was an ominous fact, that whereas Sir Gloster had closely accompanied Miss Gordon and her escort on their way to the picnic -- so much so, indeed, as to be almost always within earshot -- he now brusquely shook off any of the party who evinced a desire to attach themselves to him and his companion.

"Miss Paske was most amusing as a fortune-teller and all that sort of thing," he remarked, "but were you not rather uneasy about your future?"