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Updated: May 6, 2025

Mis' Battis's "gumption" was a relief conjoined, even, as it was, to a mighty inertia after the experience of Norah McGonegal's utter incapacity; and her admission, pro tempore, came to be tacitly looked upon as a permanent adoption, for want of a better alternative.

A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney - Faith Gartney's Girlhood