And yet it is doubtful if he would have been recognised, so Direly had tribulation altered him.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Now and then he asked a question tersely, or, again, he laughed or swore Direly in Gaelic.
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
Meredith Nicholson
Because, as Ferris reached the door and groped for its knob, Chum was beside him-glad to get out of this uncongenial assembly and to be alone with the master who seemed so unhappy and so Direly in need of consolation.
"His Dog"
Albert Payson Terhune