And I learned that an Evil Force had made action upon the Peoples within the Lesser Redoubt; so that some, being utter weak by reason of the failing of the Earth- Current, had opened the Great Door, and gone forth into the night. "The Night Land" by William Hope Hodgson

He signalled the operator hastily, called for his office, asked for Lefever, and, failing to get him, got hold of Bob Scott. "Nan of Music Mountain" by Frank H. Spearman

Failing this, Mrs. Octagon, through Basil, gave that photograph to Maraquito in the hope that Juliet would ask questions of me-" " And if she had asked questions?" "The Secret Passage" by Fergus Hume