bell-knocker

Updated: June 15, 2025

She pointed up the hallway to something under the light of the oil lamp which much resembled a fat rag doll. The queer object was shaking with strange contortions in the place where the hall-bell should have hung. "I play him one good trick, ain't it?" she added. "Mit a towel I tie up the bell-knocker zo!" She illustrated with her flour-dusted hands. "Den I wrap him round like one sore foot.

Keene Abbott - A Melody in Silver