match-scratching-and-puffing

Updated: May 20, 2025

One look at the fixed expression of contempt on her face would have enlightened him, but George was lighting his cigar now, and did not glance at her. "I'll tell you another thing, Mary," said George, after a match-scratching-and-puffing interlude, "I'll tell you another thing, my dear.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby