de-e-e-a-r-r

Updated: May 9, 2025

"Just arrived, sir?" "Nay-y-y!" "You speak English, I believe, sir?" "Oh-h-h! Ya-a-a-s. Are you an Englishman?" "No, sir. An American, from California." "De-e-e-a-r-r m-e-e!" Here there was a pause, for I really did not know what to make of the man.

J. Ross (John Ross) Browne - The Land of Thor