enslinged

Updated: May 3, 2025

Then she turned to the enslinged Denry and with concern added: "But will you have something?" If she could have foreseen the consequences of her question, she might never have put it. Still, she might have put it just the same. Denry paused an instant, and an old habit rose up in him. "Oh no, thanks," he said, and turning deliberately to Sir Jee, he added: "Will you?"

Arnold Bennett - The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns