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His first impulse caused him to turn to his father in an excess of rage; but the broken, contrite, abject demeanor of the latter silenced the angry reproaches that were bursting from his son's lips The count was the first to break the silence He said, in a pleading, exculpatory tone There was no other way; matters had gone terribly wrong with me in Brittany; we were reduced to worse than poverty; I was frightfully entangled; nothing remained but a mortgage upon your property What Mr. Emerson writes me in this letter is true, then?"— Fairy Fingers A Novel
None other than our friend Sprudell--very apologetic--very humble and contrite, and with an explanation to offer for his behavior that was really most ingenious.— The Man from the Bitter Roots
He stood bent at the head a little, contrite, his hat, that he had lifted, in his hand.— Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

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