no-no-not

Updated: May 28, 2025

After a time she said " Well, do you mean to say that you have definitely shaken them? Aren't you going back to Athens with them or anything? " I-I don't see how I can," he said, morosely. " Oh," she said. She reflected for a time. At last she turned to him archly and asked: "Some words over a lady?" Coke looked at her blankly. He suddenly remembered the horrible facts. " No-no-not over a lady."

Stephen Crane - Active Service