half-sista's

Updated: May 13, 2025

Lander was obliged to speak without the advantage of noting the effect of her words upon her in her face. "It's like this: What am I agoin' to do for them relations of Mr. Landa's out in Michigan?" "I don't know. What relations?" "I told you about 'em: the only ones he's got: his half-sista's children. He neva saw 'em, and he neva wanted to; but they're his kin, and it was his money.

William Dean Howells - Ragged Lady — Volume 2