The servant who had accompanied him he had trusted entirely and had confided to him several packets intended to be forwarded to England - Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell

Sometimes as she bent over the books and packets she would say little things or quote stories of her father which seemed to show a pretty wish on her part to make the lady who was now to be her companion understand something of the feelings and memories on which her life was based - The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward

It is also notorious that by means of our own commercial marine intelligence is generally received from many foreign countries earlier than by Government Packets - A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World by James MacQueen