"We have wasted too much time," he said complainingly; then, as he looked about the room, his face brightened.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
The quiet of the night was over the bush, intensified by the deep undertone from the sea, and the brooding spirit in time reduced us to silence, even stilling Long Jim's concertina, whose lugubrious notes had in the early hours of the evening wailed complainingly over "The Old Camp Ground," "Poor Old Joe," and other old favourites.
"Tales from the Veld"
Ernest Glanville
"Freke ran me out of the house so fast," she began complainingly, "I was perfectly out of breath."
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell