half-somnambulistic

Updated: May 26, 2025

Severance's voice in his ear, "The kitchen fire-escape " saw her push Ted toward him as if she were shifting a piece of cumbrous furniture, and obeyed her orders implicitly because he was too surprised to think of doing anything else. He hurried himself and the still half-somnambulistic Ted through the dining-room curtains, just in time to catch a last glimpse of Mrs.

Stephen Vincent Benét - Young People's Pride : A Novel