We are compelled to it, however, by a stern duty that hath been lain upon us.

Both had the stern duty of carrying on with The Shadow's plans.

I will not ever retreat from my stern duty to bring all malefactors to trial.

But stern duty called.

This is stern duty, Paraleia, to which I have called my own beloved wife, the mother of my children, and have now as well summoned you.

And only the stern duty of a man to be an example to his players kept Daddy at home.

It seemed to him to be a stern duty to prevent anything irrevocable taking place till it had been thought out and all was ready.

Indeed he treated his children's holidays and an uninterrupted period of married life as a stern duty for which he was prepared to make the supreme sacrifice.

That stern duty prevents our participation in the celebration.

Should necessity compel me to it, however, I will not shrink from that stern duty.