The prospect cannot have been very cheerful to poor Laure, as either Honore would return to France brokenhearted and overwhelmed with debt, or he would gain his heart's desire, and would be lost to his family.
"Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings"
Mary F. Sandars
Now, each stood pale, care-worn, and dispirited, wearied out by sorrow, and almost brokenhearted.
"St. Patrick's Eve"
Charles James Lever
Then he said: "He wrote me one letter-the most brokenhearted expression of suffering I have ever read.
"A Manifest Destiny"
Julia Magruder