kind-ah

Updated: May 7, 2025

Now, as she gazed, she smiled sadly to herself, with drooping eyelids looking out from beneath strong brows. "I know you I know you," she said aloud. "You've got to take your toll. And when you're lying asleep like that, or pretending to, you reach up-and kill. And yet you can be kind-ah, but you can be kind and beautiful! But you must have your toll one way or t'other."

Gilbert Parker - Northern Lights, Complete

Now, as she gazed, she smiled sadly to herself, with drooping eyelids looking out from beneath strong brows. "I know you I know you," she said aloud. "You've got to take your toll. And when you're lying asleep like that, or pretending to, you reach up- and kill. And yet you can be kind-ah, but you can be kind and beautiful! But you must have your toll one way or t'other."

Gilbert Parker - Northern Lights, Volume 1.