halfpay-officers

Updated: May 8, 2025

'Don't direct your halfpay-officers' gaze at me, ma'am, if you please, interposed Miss Charity; 'for I won't bear it. This was a smart stab at a pension enjoyed by the strong-minded woman, during her second widowhood and before her last coverture. It told immensely.

Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit