No doubt she had merely come to order some books, he said to himself, downheartedly, and would go straight back again.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Nor had Mrs. Grey any more helpful counsel or conjecture to offer; so, rather downheartedly, he got into the hansom again and set out for Victoria station, where he was to meet Maurice Mangan.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
His men, who previously had tramped downheartedly over wastes of snow and miry cross-roads, now marched with head erect as in former days; the villagers, far from being cowed by the brutalities of the Cossacks, formed bands to hang upon the enemies' rear and entrap their foragers.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose