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Yvan, who had not gone to bed, had answered the bell, for the footsteps of several people were heard in the antechamber, where the unexpected visitors were parleying with the servant.

From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de

"I don't care," said I. Mamma and I were parleying, when a portly gentleman came up, whose physiognomy I at once recognized; he was a Memmingen merchant.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

While they were parleying, a man came round the corner of the "sweet little house," and his eyes fell on the bonneted maiden.

From An Australian Lassie by Johnson, A.J. (Alfred J.)

Wakening Little Fellow, I told him my plan and ordered him to slip away north while the two tribes were parleying and to await me a day's march from the Sioux camp.

From Lords of the North by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Whilst they were parleying, and propositions making on one side and the other, Alcibiades's whole army came up to the town.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh