argifyin's

Updated: May 5, 2025

"She's said she's goin', so goin' she is," he grunted matter-of-factly. "No argifyin's no good when she's said that. You might know that by now, Mar." He added, to assuage his wife, that Mr. Silver was going to stop with them at The Sefton Arms. "He's better than some," said the old lady almost vengefully. "Now then, Mar-r-r!" cried the old man, "You're gettin' a reg'lar old woman, you are."

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