conventual-like

Updated: May 6, 2025

There were two or three mud-stains on the laces of her sleeve and underskirt that were obtrusively incongruous. Her voice, which had, however, a ring of honest intention in it, was somewhat over-strained, and evidently had not yet adjusted itself to the low-ceilinged, conventual-like building. "There, children, don't mind me!

Bret Harte - Susy, a story of the Plains