Torn between sympathy for her mother and her own disappointment, Marjorie had experienced a desire to go to her captain's room and cry her eyes out, but being fashioned of sturdier stuff, she made a desperate effort to brace up and be a good soldier.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
The expectant stir gave place, in general, to flat disappointment.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Stas was glad that he would pass the night on the desert, but Nell felt a certain disappointment, for she had been certain that she would meet her papa in Gharak.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz