o'er-by

Updated: May 7, 2025

The whole village is in a flustration; and I just came o'er-by, to find out from you the long and the short of everything. I'm feared you have been sorely put about with the wilful lass." "Mistress Braelands had no one to lippen to but me. I had everything to look after. The Master of Braelands was that far gone in love, he wasn't to be trusted with anything.

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr - A Knight of the Nets