grief-touched

Updated: September 13, 2025

But this calmness in a little while gave way, and her overstrained, but now joyful feelings, poured themselves forth in tears. Poor child! She too had suffered during these three never-to-be-forgotten days, and the marks of that suffering were sadly visible in her pale, grief-touched countenance. To the earnest inquiries of her foster-parents, Fanny could give no very satisfactory answer.

T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur - True Riches: Or, Wealth Without Wings