late-sunday-afternoon

Updated: May 22, 2025

But a man who has been petticoat-ridden for years loses the knack, somehow, of comradeship with men. One Sunday in May Jo came home from a late-Sunday-afternoon walk to find company for supper. Carrie often had in one of her schoolteacher friends, or Babe one of her frivolous intimates, or even Eva a staid guest of the old-girl type.

Edna Ferber - One Basket