long-lying

Updated: May 24, 2025

There was snow, thick and long-lying, on the ground when he reached Boveyhayne, and the crunch-crunch of it under their feet, as Mary and he walked home, gave him a feeling of pleasure, and the cold, bracing air exhilarated him so that he laughed at things which would otherwise barely have made him smile.

St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine - Changing Winds: A Novel