naights

Updated: May 15, 2025

The rest of the house was but stone-floored bar with a long wooden bench against the back wall, whence nightly a stream of talk would issue, all harsh a's, and sudden soft u's; whence too a figure, a little unsteady, would now and again emerge, to a chorus of 'Gude naights, stand still under the ash-trees to light his pipe, then move slowly home.

John Galsworthy - The Patrician