modes'est

Updated: May 8, 2025

An' at that, Sonny, why, he thess set down as modest an' peaceable ez anything; but ez he was settin' he remarked that he was in hopes thet some o' the reg'lars would 'a' took time to answer a few questions thet had bothered his mind f'om time to time an' of c'ose they must know; which, to my mind, was the modes'est remark a boy ever did make.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Sonny, a Christmas Guest