half-doubting

Updated: May 14, 2025

So Helen glowed with that serious enthusiasm which is the soul of genius, for without it life becomes flat and gray, and she passed many anxious, half-doubting hours until a courteous bank official handed her a packet at the appointed time on Monday, and gave her a receipt to sign, and asked her how she would take her hundred pounds did she want it all in notes or some in gold?

Louis Tracy - The Silent Barrier