ansoms

Updated: May 26, 2025

"'Ansoms," said Gip, in a note of culminating exultation. I helped him in, recalled my address with an effort, and got in also. Something unusual proclaimed itself in my tail-coat pocket, and I felt and discovered a glass ball. With a petulant expression I flung it into the street. Gip said nothing. For a space neither of us spoke. "Dadda!" said Gip, at last, "that was a proper shop!"

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

"'Ansoms," said Gip, in a note of culminating exultation. I helped him in, recalled my address with an effort, and got in also. Something unusual proclaimed itself in my tail-coat pocket, and I felt and discovered a glass ball. With a petulant expression I flung it into the street. Gip said nothing. For a space neither of us spoke. "Dada!" said Gip, at last, "that WAS a proper shop!"

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - Twelve Stories and a Dream