oak-beam

Updated: January 20, 2026

But as it was he caught the older man's stern eyes fixed reprovingly upon him, he desisted from his work of dusting and polishing, and, looking up to the heavy oak-beam above him, he said with becoming fervor: "Lord! how beautifully thou dost speak, Master Busy!"

Baroness Emmuska Orczy - The Nest of the Sparrowhawk