a-frothing

Updated: June 10, 2025

"I say, Jan," said he, "can't you look where your going?" "Can't you look?" returned Jan. "Where are you off to?" "There's something the matter at Duff's. About a dozen came here in a body, wanting you. Bob says Dan Duff was dying." Jan turned his eyes on Bob, the surgery-boy. Bob answered the look "It's what they said, sir. They said as Dan Duff was a-dying and a-frothing at the mouth.

Mrs. Henry Wood - Verner's Pride