Ray had refused to talk on the subject. "Marion's Faith." by Charles King

You see I refused his offer." "Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories" by Rex Beach

And I've refused him. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

When all had enough of it, they refused to get any more. "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales" by Leo Tolstoy