counter-question

Updated: May 4, 2025

The first time that his honest square face appeared at the rail fence, and the sound of his voice roused Evelina as she stood feeding the poultry close by, she returned his question with a counter-question hard to answer. "I hev been up the mounting," he said, smiling, as he hooked his arms over the rail fence. "Abs'-lom he say he wanter know when ye'll git yer visit out an' kem home."

Mary Noailles Murfree - His "Day In Court": 1895