newer-lookin

Updated: July 11, 2025

'T were newer-lookin' then, wi' a door an' winders, but the door was shut an' the winders was dark so theer I stood in the rain, not likin' to disturb the stranger, for 'e were a gert, fierce, unfriendly kind o' chap, an' uncommon fond o' bein' left alone. Here the Ancient paused to draw a snuff-box from his pocket, with great deliberation, noting my awakened interest with a twinkling eye.

Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway