mirth-stricken

Updated: June 2, 2025

Les Plantons rocked and applauded. Eventually Lena followed her example, capturing Lily en route. The scene must have consumed all of twenty minutes. The plantons were so mirth-stricken that they had to sit down and rest under the washing-shed. Of all the inhabitants of The Enormous Room, Fritz and Harree and Pom Pom and Bathhouse John enjoyed it most.

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room