hookemsnivey

Updated: May 22, 2025

I knew you'd wait a year, to save your shameful face, and then take Chuff." "What a world!" said Jenny. "What dark, hookemsnivey creatures be in it men most times. Do you know who's been pestering me to marry him ever since the people all thought you'd falled in the river and was drownded, Nicky? Not Mr. Chuff, but Billy Westaway himself. He's your rival, my dear, and none other.

Eden Phillpotts - The Torch and Other Tales