cross-marks

Updated: June 22, 2025

"Well, I can't think of anything more now," threads its way through a meager page of commonplaces about the weather, his food, and his personal health. A frugal line of cross-marks for kisses, at the bottom of the page, is his only concession to sentiment.

James Norman Hall - Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army