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Klesmer had really discerned Mirah in the first moment of entering, but, with subtle politeness, he looked round bowingly at the three sisters as if he were uncertain which was the young lady in question.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

He had surrendered their bicycles to the odd man of the place with infinite easy dignity, and had bowingly opened the door for Jessie.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)