It was high time for him to take his leave and return to his proper duties.

This has never been considered "espionage" but the proper duty of these attaches.

Earlier experience should have convinced him that he could never fulfil the proper duty of a soldier.

He'd swear of course that he'd never again steal me from my proper duties with the children.

"Something within your proper duties but which might be dis- tasteful without the gold."

I hope I didn't keep him from proper duties.

But 'tis only right that the marchioness take over her proper duties.

Under such circumstances, the physician's proper duty is the preservation of the patient's comfort and dignity, not his life.

He had done his proper duty to the Touel'alfar.

That was in itself significant, because his proper duty should have been to report Dohnanyi for speaking treason.