out-pealing

Updated: June 2, 2025

She touched it with her lips; skipped back, twirled round, danced silently a second, blew a kiss, and like quicksilver was gone. And the whispering, the chuckling, and one little out-pealing laugh rose in the hall. But the old man slept. Nor until Meller came at his usual hour of half-past twelve, was it known that he would never wake. "The Apple-tree, the singing and the gold."

John Galsworthy - Five Tales