half-luncheon

Updated: May 24, 2025

The sense of constraint being thus banished by the only one whose presence had occasioned it, the party, after a few minutes low conversation between the lovers, sat down gaily to a meal half-break fast, half-luncheon, at which the most conspicuous actor was the lately reprimanded ensign. "Really, Mr. Ronayne, you must have met with a perfect chapter of adventures during your absence last night.

John Richardson - Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare