Which preposition to use with rejoined
"And you a pleasant one," he rejoined with a gallant bow.
When the father pours out his gladness at the sight of her, she rejoins in these words: "I hold that jeweller little to praise That loves well that he sees with eye; And much to blame, and uncortoyse, uncourteous.
" "If," I rejoined at last, "you think it a kindness to her, and are sure she will so think it; if you wish it, and will avouch her contentment with a place in the household of one who does not desire her, I will comply with this as with any wish of yours.
"Oh," he said jocosely, "I don't always go round with a guide"; and she rejoined on the same note: "Then perhaps I shall see something of you.
Boscawen, sailing from Halifax for Louisberg in 1758, left several ships behind on account of scurvy, one being the Pembroke, of which Cook was Master; she had lost 29 men crossing the Atlantic, but she was able to rejoin before the others as they were in a worse plight.
Perhaps that tragedy of shattered friendship (afterward rejoined through the agency of the great peacemaker, Death) had got on our nerves.