eight-week-old

Updated: May 3, 2025

They robbed and stole from me. They have taken away my yellow-flowered calico kerchief, a red 'Home-sweet-Home' handkerchief, which I had intended for you, a silver-crossed string of beads, twelve dollars, ten gold pieces, twenty-two silver buttons, four pairs of silver buckles, and a scolloped-eared, pi-bald, eight-week-old pig...." "Whew!" exclaimed Kólya as he heard of so much loss.

Mór Jókai - Debts of Honor