Page 123, 5th sentence

Another meme.

"I'll try, mother, but--he frighteth me."

--Emily Sarah Holt, Mistress Margery: A Tale of the Lollards (Shaw, c. 1870s)

Strictly speaking, the first book that came to hand was "Frances Eastwood's" Geoffrey the Lollard, but there were only two sentences on page 123.