business-encrusted

Updated: May 31, 2025

And if he had, would this hard, business-encrusted heart have been less cold than the bitter winds that assailed it? Would the sight which made David Dubbs forget the fierceness of night have penetrated the chilly place where it rested and warmed it in pitying activity?

- In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I: Christmas Tales from 'Round the World