"How father would have loved to meet General Lingard"-there came a touch of keen regret into her voice.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
If only she might pass one day being good all day long with nothing to regret!
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Or, he might have feared he would say things he would afterwards regret, if he appeared, and so have taken himself quietly away.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine