easy-swinging

Updated: May 21, 2025

I like a man to be punctual. Business training, you see; yes, by Gad, two thousand parcels a week go out of our place, and all of 'em up to time! Ah, there he is," he added, as the harsh grind of wheels was heard on the gravel at the door. "Thank God, we'll soon be in civilization." Young Gourlay entered, greatcoated and lordly, through the two halves of that easy-swinging door. "Good!" he cried.

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters