half-worshipful

Updated: August 1, 2026

G.J. saw the look of simple, half-worshipful appeal that sometimes came into Craive's rather ingenuous face. He well knew that look, and it always touched him. He remembered certain descriptive letters which he had received from Craive at the Front, they corresponded faithfully. He could not have explained the intimacy of his relations with Craive. They had begun at a club, over cards.

Arnold Bennett - The Pretty Lady