otiosely

Updated: May 15, 2025

She watched her mother sail about it and about in ever narrowing circles, heard herself commended for her promptitude in leaving Wanless, answered enquiries as to Ingram's behaviour under what Mrs. Percival otiosely called "his bereavement," echoed speculations at to his whereabouts played, in short, vacantly an empty part, and kept her mother upon tenterhooks. She gained civil entreaty this way.

Maurice Henry Hewlett - Rest Harrow : A Comedy of Resolution