The news his wife had taken such malicious pleasure in telling had disturbed and pained him more than he thought anything could now disturb and pain him.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
She was pained, but tried to hide it.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
He saw, too, something wistful in her face, as though life was none too kind to her, and she had not yet abandoned her first sensation of pained surprise that it should treat her so.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower