inderpendent-like

Updated: May 5, 2025

Well, Miss Claire is livin' under my roof, an' you can betcher life I'm on the job relievin' her garden-angel o' the pertectin' end o' the business. But Miss Claire's that proud an' inderpendent-like she ain't contented to be idle. She's bound to make her own livin', which, she says, it's everybody's dooty to do, some ways or other.

Julie Mathilde Lippmann - Martha By-the-Day