ha'porth's

Updated: June 23, 2025

"No, I never told her anything," he said. "And I made it impossible for her to ask. I couldn't urge extenuating circumstances because there weren't any. Moreover, it wouldn't have made a ha'porth's difference if I had. So shunt the subject like a good fellow! She must take me at my worst at my worst, do you hear? or not at all." "But, my dear lad, you owe it to her," began Crowther gravely.

Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell - The Bars of Iron