The pent-up doubt of years, the long-silenced self-accusal, burst forth in his words.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
He weakly feared to let her know what was passing in his thoughts, lest some misconception of hers should turn them into self-accusal or urge him to some attempt at the reparation towards which he wavered.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Nor I To breathe ever the burning of this mist Of anguish and insatiate accusal.
"Yolanda of Cyprus"
Cale Young Rice