old man

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The House of the Pelican by Elisabeth Kyle, tells the story of Janet, who cannot find the way back to the house where an old man showed her a valuable gold musical box.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

"We lived like kings in our homes. Our life has become an ordeal," the old man said through tears, sitting on a mattress in his tent.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

But still you swept, old man, clinging to that fragile element of the quiet life you once knew.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2000

And we propelled the bewildered old man across to the Beje.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom