entired

Updated: July 12, 2025

"We'll come back to hear the rest after tea, mammy, if you're not too tired," Rosie said as she turned to go. But on coming back they found no one on the veranda but Betty, who, in answer to their inquiries, said, "Aunt Chloe hab entired fo' de night; she hab de misery in de back and in de head, and she cayn't tell no mo' stories fo' mawning."

Martha Finley - The Two Elsies : A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket