crossed-looking

Updated: June 19, 2025

"He's more like himsel' than he's bin sin' Easter," said one woman, "and none o' that crossed look, as if things had gone contrairy; Lord bless you, not cross he's a deal too good a man for that but crossed-looking; it might be crossed in love for what I can tell."

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - The Perpetual Curate