half-humility

Updated: May 12, 2025

When she spoke, it was with a tenderness that was half-humility. "Would it help, dear, to talk to me? We used always to talk over things, you know. Don't you remember? You said ever so many times that I had so much common sense!" Again, Hamilton spoke with a tactlessness that was fairly appalling: "Oh, yes, I remember very well. That was before we were married." "Yes before!"

Thompson Buchanan - Making People Happy