gr-gram'ma

Updated: May 17, 2025

All the conflicting emotions which whirled through Montgomery's mind pictured themselves in his face as he confronted the stern old gentlewoman opposite. The silence in the room was unbroken save by the roar of the tempest, and it seemed an age before she asked, coldly: "Are you afraid?" But there was no hesitation as he hastily stammered: "Y-y-yes, gr-gram'ma, I am afraid.

Evelyn Raymond - The Brass Bound Box