b-e-r-t-h

Updated: May 2, 2025

"'The curtains surrounding the berth," Grandmother repeated, in a wavering voice. "It's printed wrong. They've got it b-e-r-t-h." "Seems to me," murmured Matilda, "that a woman who " "Matilda!" interrupted Grandmother, imperiously. For a moment the silence was awkward. "Unmarried women ain't got any call to be thinkin' about such things, let alone speakin' of 'em.

Myrtle Reed - Master of the Vineyard