I did not speak sooner, because you would not have believed me.

Poor man, but why didn't you speak sooner?

Why didn't he speak sooner?' cried Owen.

Why did you not speak sooner?

I would have spoken sooner, but I was absorbed in the game.

I should have spoken sooner, but my heart was full of happiness.

I didn't see yur a-comin' in, or I mout 'a spoke sooner.

You may blame me in your heart for not speaking sooner.

Prof Meadow said he had not spoken sooner because of legal advice and professional etiquette.

So he looked up and said, hurriedly: Mr. Driver, forgive me for not speaking sooner.

Ted beamed and opened his mouth as if to say something, but Mabel spoke sooner.

They were distressed that I had not spoken sooner, as they would at once have sent their doctor.

Why had he not spoken sooner?

But if I had spoken sooner, it would not have lessened your desire, or made it easier to resist.

We should have spoken sooner.

You should have spoken sooner.