half-questions

Updated: June 19, 2025

In Pratinas whom Cornelia met very seldom she met with a sphinx, ever smiling, ever gracious, but who, as if regretting the burst of confidence he had allowed Valeria, kept himself closed to the insinuations and half-questions of every one else.

William Stearns Davis - A Friend of Cæsar : A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. : Time, 50-47 B.C.