Cynthia, with her soft yet stern voice of reason, kept me level headed during the divorce process. (clfamilylaw.com)
Knowing the need for those manners and the best etiquette at Monskfield, my other grandfather, my mum's dad, would tease us if we ever did something half way naughty or bad mannered in his home and say in a jokingly stern voice, «Would you do that at Monksfield?» (thewholefooddiary.com)