as-pie

Updated: May 2, 2025

He seems full as fond of her as her own mother does, and that devil, that couldn't seem to get enough of tormentin' little children when he was a boy, is as good and gentle with that little thing as-pie!" Whitwell seemed to have come to an end of his celebration of Jeff's success, and Westover asked: "And what do you make now, of planchette's brokenshaft business?

William Dean Howells - The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 2