half-lingeringly

Updated: June 14, 2025

He said something more to the driver, then put his hand on the saddle-horn, looked half-lingeringly at the passenger on the bank, dropped his grave eyes from hers, and swinging upon his horse, was gone just as the passenger opened her mouth and with inefficient voice murmured, "Oh, thank you!" at his departing back. The driver drove up now, a chastened creature.

Owen Wister - The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains