oraculated

Updated: May 10, 2025

For she belonged to the out-of-doors and to the old house and to the world at large. She belonged to the war, and to that happier world beyond it a world which must be won by going through the struggle and not by shirking it, like those two silly ladies. I could see Wake's eyes often on the girl, while he boomed and oraculated and the Misses Wymondham prattled.

John Buchan - Mr. Standfast