now-and-here

Updated: May 6, 2025

"She has visited more or less in Baltimore, where she has been very much admired." "Why 'has been'?" queried Burns. "She doesn't look like a 'has-been' to me. More like very much of a 'now-and-here' eh?" "I mean only that since she has been thrown upon her own resources she has applied herself closely to the study of photography, and has been little seen in society."

Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond - Mrs. Red Pepper