groaniest

Updated: May 9, 2025

He lay face down upon the pillows, his dirty boots reposing on her choicest log-cabin quilt, and his groans fairly chilling the blood even in her veins, used though she was to the habits of men in illness. Moses, in his groaniest days, had rarely equalled this. After the moment's pause her mind worked quickly, and she expressed it in words, spoken more to herself than to Kate, close beside her.

Evelyn Raymond - The Brass Bound Box