interogatory

Updated: May 20, 2025

Bird, taking up the interogatory. "Tonight." "How did you come?" "I crossed on the ice." "Crossed on the ice!" said every one present. "Yes," said the woman, slowly, "I did. God helping me, I crossed on the ice; for they were behind me right behind and there was no other way!" "Law, Missis," said Cudjoe, "the ice is all in broken-up blocks, a swinging and a tetering up and down in the water!"

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin