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‘Because of public opinion,’ said Blue Mantle, rubbing his nose in an angry sort of perplexedness.

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

Night Descending, come I near, perplexedness, Contempt of danger, to the door o' the keep Drawing me.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean