did-anybody-speak-to-me

Updated: June 29, 2025

"The Kernel sez the way you turned round after he'd done his cussin', and said yer believed you'd stay and take the responsibility of the whole thing and did, in that kam, soft, did-anybody-speak-to-me style was the neatest thing he'd seen yet. No! Maw says I ain't much on manners, but I know a man when I see him."

Bret Harte - Snow-Bound at Eagle's