His past life, his daughter, and his wife appear to him as so many enigmas which raise anguishing questions in his heart.
"Contemporary Russian Novelists"
Serge Persky
In his after life, during his exile, the reminiscence of these delightful returns at dawn, after the nights of smuggling, caused in him an indescribable and very anguishing nostalgia.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti
For Gracieuse and Ramuntcho, it was one of those exquisite hours which later, in the anguishing sadness of awakenings, one recalls with a regret at once heart-breaking and charming.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti