half-embarrassedly

Updated: May 28, 2025

But I only want you to know that I'M right, and here are the books to show it." He drew aside the dingy calico curtain, revealed a small shelf of bulky books, took down two large volumes, one of botany, one of geology, nervously sought his text, and put them in Alice's outstretched hands. "I had no intention " she began, half-proudly, half-embarrassedly. "Am I right, miss?" he interrupted.

Bret Harte - The Twins of Table Mountain