con-fi-dential

Updated: May 1, 2025

"I told her, sir, as you bought that furnitur' on account of you being wishful to settle down, whereat she starts, an' looks at me wi' her eyes big, an' surprised-like. I told 'er, likewise, as you had told me on the quiet, or as you might say, con-fi-dential, that you bought that furnitur' to set up 'ouse-keeping on account o' you being on the p'int o' marrying a fine young lady up to Lonnon, "

Jeffery Farnol - The Money Moon: A Romance