mollifyin

Updated: May 11, 2025

"So, in a mollifyin' manner, I says, 'What hev the pore chap done, to be treated so bad? I says. Says I, 'better lave me use logic wi' en' eh, Uncle Issy?" "Logic was the word." The stranger turned round upon the company, who with one accord began to look extremely foolish as Old Zeb so adroitly turned the tables. "Is this true?" he asked.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales