My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret.

— Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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