em-me-line

Updated: May 6, 2025

But they did not move. At which Mr. Hamlin called out faintly but cheerfully, "They're here, all right." Again the voice arose with still more marked and lofty distinctness, "John Wesley and Mary Em-me-line." It seemed to Mr. Hamlin that human accents could not convey a more significant and elevated ignoring of some implied impropriety in his invitation. He was for a moment crushed.

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