There were no neighbors with whom to foregather; there was no game to shoot; the surrounding country was uninteresting to a degree.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
By the way," he pushed his hand through his hair, "what I came about was to tell you that we all foregather-as you might say-in the sitting-room before dinner-yes-and I'd like to introduce you to my wife, the Signora-not Italian, you know-but you'll like her better than me-every one's agreed that hers is a nicer character."
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
If you have, I say, let me know with all convenient despatch, whether the offence be one admitting of apology -for if not, the Lord have mercy on your soul-a more wrothy gentleman than the aforesaid, it having rarely been my evil fortune to foregather with.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)