chuck-a-block

Updated: June 1, 2025

"I came as soon as I'd read your letter," he said slowly examining one by one his rough fingers bunched together in his lap. "We got chuck-a-block on Second Avenue or I'd have been here before. Why didn't you let me know sooner?" As he spoke he shifted his gaze to the wrinkles in her throat a new anxiety rising as he noticed how many more had gathered since he saw her last.

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Felix O'Day