comrade-cousin

Updated: July 6, 2025

And he leaned forward and took one of her long brown hands in his, but 'twas different from the way in which he had ta'en my little lady's hand at their first meeting, and he saith, "Comrade, for thou hast e'er been my true and loyal comrade, Marian sweet comrade-cousin this is the matter that doth eat my heart. Dost think there is aught between Patience and that young coxcomb?"

Amélie Rives - A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales