great-grandmother-built

Updated: May 12, 2025

Kedzie, like Zada, was a self-made lady and she wanted to conceal the authorship from the great-grandmother-built ladies she encountered. She pouted a moment, then she said to the servant, "We'll see her." She turned to Jim. "Come along. I'll go and pet your old cat and get her off my chest." Jim thudded dismally along in her wake. Charity was in the drawing-room wearing her politest face.

Rupert Hughes - We Can't Have Everything