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Meanings of say the maiden in English

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Usage of say the maiden in English
1
I beg your pardon for interrupting you, said the maiden aunt.
In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories
2
I thought you wished to get onward? said the maiden.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
3
I came, feeling much doubtful; I return, much happy, said the maiden, rising to depart.
Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life
4
Morrisey said the maiden should have been banked long ago, but bad luck had played against him.
News.com.au
5
'I laugh for joy that you cannot leave us,' said the maiden.
Undine
6
'Perhaps you prefer it done the other fashion, madam?' said the maiden.
Desperate Remedies
7
'Then,' said the maiden, 'why should you speak of helping other people.
Undine
8
'Oh, Mr. Wood!' said the maiden, mildly protesting against so much modesty.
Robert Elsmere
9
'She shall also love thee not a little,' said the maiden.
The Lilac Fairy Book
10
Why are the inmates of this house to suffer death by your means? said the maiden, with composure.
The Phantom Ship
11
'I will,' said the maiden, and wondered what he would do with them.
King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
12
'Ha, fair lord, I know not how that may be,' said the maiden.
King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
13
'That you might wring the fairy's neck for him?' said the maiden, laughing.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
14
"The Nobleman who owned the Castle is now dead," said the maiden.
The Mabinogion
15
So meseemeth, said the maiden.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
16
Yea, lady, said the maiden.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles