half-instinctive

Updated: July 10, 2026

Meeting Dot's frank regard, he checked himself and raised his hat with a courtesy half-instinctive. Dot stared, coloured, and very slightly bowed. Ralph sniggered. "Let yourself in for it that time, my child! Here comes Bertie to effect a formal introduction." "Bertie won't introduce him," she said quickly. Bertie, looking very handsome and stalwart, was already close to them.

Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell - The Knave of Diamonds