a-fanning

Updated: May 25, 2025

"Hum!" says I, "a right proper gentleman this!" "Aye," quoth Trueman, nodding until his fat cheeks quivered, "and one that doth abhor vagrants and such-like vermin " "As myself?" says I. To this Trueman answered nothing, but fell a-fanning himself with his hat again, eyeing me warily the while. "Art strange in these parts?" he questioned. "Aye and no!" "Hast met Sir Richard?" "I have!"

Jeffery Farnol - Black Bartlemy's Treasure