impullite

Updated: May 26, 2025

Lysander, having taken refuge behind the assertion that it "wasn't becomin' fer the fam'ly to take sides," bore his mother-in-law's stinging sarcasms in virtuous silence. "Seems to me it depends on which side you take," sneered the old woman. "I don't see anything so very impullite in gettin' mad when yer pap's shot down like a dog." Lysander braced himself judicially.

Margaret Collier Graham - Stories of the Foot-hills