{84} The Eaten Bray estate was inherited by Mr. Bray's ancestor, Sir Edward Bray, as heir male of Lord Bray, and sold by him.英文原著 · 《Diary of William Bray》
{111} After this shameful affair, neither Mr. Taylor his clerk, nor Mr. Wigzell had any communications with Mr. Bray or his partners; but as a mark of repentance Mrs. Wigzell left Mr. Bray's grandson a legacy of 100 pounds, and Mr. Taylor left 100 pounds to the firm of Bray and Warren.英文原著 · 《Diary of William Bray》
"What is it?" Bray asked. "The Daily Mail, sir," said the constable. "The issues of July twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth."
Bray took the papers in his hand, glanced at them and tossed them contemptuously into a waste-basket. He turned to Walters. "Sorry, sir," said Walters; "but I was so taken aback! Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I'll go at once - "
"No," replied Bray sharply. "Never mind.英文原著 · 《The Agony Column》
We've been wondering about him - at the War Office."
The colonel dropped into a chair, facing Bray. "You know Von der Herts, of course?" he remarked casually. "Of course," said Bray, still in that dead tired voice. "He is the head of that crowd in England," went on Hughes. "Rather a feather in my cap to get him - but I mustn't boast. Poor Fraser-Freer would have got him if I hadn't - only Von der Herts had the luck to get the captain first."
Bray raised his eyes. "You said you were going to tell me - " he began. "And so I am," said Hughes.英文原著 · 《The Agony Column》
Brayne," said the Duchess of Mont St. Michel, looking round. "No," said Lord Galloway in a hoarse, harsh voice. "And not Mr. Neil O'Brien, I fancy. I saw that gentleman walking in the garden when the corpse was still warm." "Ivan," said the detective, "go and fetch Commandant O'Brien and Mr. Brayne. Brayne, I know, is finishing a cigar in the dining-room; Commandant O'Brien, I think, is walking up and down the conservatory.英文原著 · 《The Innocence of Father Brown》
A mere death notice, you understand - the inference being that it was a natural taking off."
"I understand," said the lieutenant, as one who knows more than he tells. "Thank you," said Bray. "I shall leave you to attend to the matter, as far as your family is concerned. You will take charge of the body. As for the rest of you, I forbid you to mention this matter outside."
And now Bray stood looking, with a puzzled air, at me. "You are an American?" he said, and I judged he did not care for Americans. "I am," I told him. "Know any one at your consulate?" he demanded.英文原著 · 《The Agony Column》