The words of the first monologue were very mournful; they began with:

His mournful eyes turned in the direction indicated and devoured the scene.

Full of these mournful ideas, he repeated the following verse of Homer:

The latter said nothing, and all the others stared in mournful silence.

She was everywhere in this mournful house in which he secluded himself.

The mournful irony of the words was belied by the tremulous voice.

Later still, Cat overheard Irene asking Millie why Cat was so mournful.

The sound was mournful and low, like the song of the tomb.

The light clouds sweeping across the sky scarcely obscured the mournful radiance.

To this the women answered from within in falsetto, with mournful voices:

Raegar could hear mournful chanting outside the office, and a shuffling sound.

I stayed in the den and read Ibsen, and felt very mournful.

And yet I had not the strength to resist the mournful appeal.

Old John the coachman, stood in the doorway with his mournful face.

But young Brightwing, she kept circling the aerie, crying out, all mournful.

The early light made the great trees look unspeakably gloomy and mournful.