compre'nded

Updated: May 22, 2025

Once or twice I lay still for jest a second or two, an' then away I went agin, trailin' and bumpin' over the ground, as if I had been tied to the tail o' a gallopin' hoss. All the while there wur a yellin' in my ears as if all the cats an' dogs of creation were arter me. "Wal, it wur some time afore I compre'nded what all this rough usage meant. I did at last.

Mayne Reid - The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire