but-but-we

Updated: May 10, 2025

"My husband is here, but-but-we were just going to eat supper, and " "Supper can wait a few minutes, wife," said Mr. Dare. "I'll see what neighbor Boggs wants. Won't you come in, Abe?" "No, we wanter see ye out here, Dare" replied the Tory. "Come out uv doors. We won't keep ye but a minnet." "Oh, husband, be careful!" whispered Mrs. Dare in her husband's ear as he passed her. "Don't anger them.

Stephen Angus Cox - The Dare Boys of 1776