good-look-in

Updated: May 8, 2025

He turned the lamp's wick very low and carried the lamp to the head of the stairs, where he perched it on the step. When he returned he said, "She's mighty good-look-in'!" "Well, that ain't everything," she snapped. "How do we know she ain't proud, and selfish, and everything?" "How do you know she is?" returned the old man. "And she may just be leading him on."

Stephen Crane - The Third Violet