Gone was the shy, demure young lady who'd sighed and languished in her bed but a moment before.

When they become possessed by their spirits, these demure, purdah-confined ladies undergo a remarkable change.

She was supposed to be a demure and dutiful medieval lady.

Once her mother had returned, she had become a demure young lady, save for the occasional sharp remark delivered so innocently that it seemed accidental.

The suitors sat in a circle around the bowl, chatting, bragging, arguing, and showing off for the demure young lady.

With so many demure ladies you never quite know whether they are widows, divorced or still married and of what sort their husbands' grandparents had been.

In her place was a demure, blond-haired young lady, smartly-dressed, obviously a person of taste and wealth.

And to observe a demure lady of fifty-five or so, looking back, every now and then, to assure herself that her legs were properly disposed!

The demure lady is unable to overlook the beastly side and declines his darling present.

And she had not howled before, for she was a demure lady.