a-lightin

Updated: May 12, 2025

The man who kep' the house's wife brought us our supper about dark, because she said she thought we might like to have it together cozy, an' so we did, an' was glad enough of it; an' after supper we sat before the fire-place, where we made-believe the flames was a-roarin' an' cracklin' an' a-lightin' up the bright places on the armor a-hangin' aroun', while the storm which we made-believe was a-ragin' an' whirlin' outside.

Frank Richard Stockton - Rudder Grange