half-glorifying

Updated: August 28, 2026

Instead of sitting down, he pushed right on into the kitchen, where Huldah, in a calico frock and a clean white apron, was baking biscuit for tea. She had been a schoolmate of his, and he took her hand cordially as she stood there, with the bright western sun half-glorifying her head and face. "Why, Huldah, how you've grown!" was his first word of greeting.

Edward Eggleston - Duffels