bookses

Updated: July 7, 2025

Beecot, say what you like. I never knowed but what he'd pawned and sold them bookses all his blessed life, for all the talkin' he did. If I'd ha' knowd," added Deborah, lifting her red finger, "as he'd bin maried afore and intended to cast out my lovely queen, I'd ha' strangled him myself." "He had no intention of casting out Sylvia," said Paul, musingly; "he certainly left the money to her."

Fergus Hume - The Opal Serpent