jest-hunting

Updated: June 22, 2025

And the Squire laughs jovially at his discomfited and growling opponent. "True, Lavinia has had lately much to distract her attention," says the jest-hunting Squire; "but her things were never better in spite of . Well we won't touch upon that subject!" And the mischievous Squire laughs heartily at Miss Lavinia's stately and reproving expression. "What's that?" says Mr. Rushton; "what subject?"

John Esten Cooke - The Last of the Foresters : Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier