Dechartre saw again on the wall the post-box, and he recalled with painful exactitude the little gloved hand that had dropped the letter.

With painful exactitude, the Talmud prescribed ordinances for all the vicissitudes of life, yet, at the same time, offered sufficient food for brain and heart.

"A broad gold nib," went on Sam, with the painful exactitude which comes only from embarrassment or the early stages of intoxication.