Quotations

* 1908 : (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge (Norton 2005, page 1238) *: I noticed that after my host had read it he seemed even more distrait and strange than before. * 1919, (Ronald Firbank), (Valmouth) , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 50 *: Seated upon the fallen hornbeam, Mrs Thoroughfare was regarding distraitly the sky. * 1996 : John Le Carré, The Tailor of Panama'' (Knopf 1996, hardback edition, page 221) "Forgive me for being a fraction ''distrait'' today. We're ''trying to prevent another war."