It had needed the Irretrievableness of flight from home to begin the breaking of the trance.
"The Old Wives' Tale"
Arnold Bennett
To do, and not to be able to undo, to hunger and thirst and ache to take back only a short minute of life, to feel sick and blind before the Irretrievableness of his own deed, that was still his punishment in these rare hours of darkness.
"Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker"
Marguerite Bryant