gene'l

Updated: June 6, 2025

You see," the man continued, resting an elbow on the tall casing of a chest of drawers, and dropping to a more confidential level in his manner, "an upright piano ain't like a passenger. It don't kick if it's shunted off on the wrong line. As a gene'l rule, freight don't complain of the route it travels by, and it ain't in a hurry to arrive." "Oh!" said Gaites, with a sympathetic sneer.

William Dean Howells - A Pair of Patient Lovers