barbarium

Updated: May 9, 2025

"Catherine Mortimer, do you understand the nature of an oath?" inquired the clerk. "Hi, young marse, what should 'vent me? Where you think I done been libbin all my days? You mus' think how I's a barbarium from the Stingy Isles!" replied Katie indignantly. "I ask you do you understand the nature of an oath, and I require you to give a straightforward answer," said the clerk.

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth - Self-Raised : Or, From the Depths