inthrument

Updated: May 7, 2025

So away went the amorous musicians, favoured by the darkness, and talking in an undertone, and thinking more than they talked, while little Puddock, from under his cloak, scratched a faint little arpeggio and a chord, ever and anon, upon 'the inthrument. When they reached the ferry, the boat was tied at the near side, but deuce a ferryman could they see.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard