hu-u-um

Updated: June 19, 2025

I've been dodging questions and tripping over hints all day long." "Miss Pickett come over to offer sympathy." "Yes." "Hu-u-um! An' after she went away, I suppose Mrs. Pennycook come in as thick as three in a bed?" "She was very nice." "She'd better be" he remarked, and Donna thought that beneath the jocularity of his manner she detected a menace. "What have you heard?" she queried.

Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne - The Long Chance