overstudying

Updated: June 2, 2025

And his usual tastes don't lie in that direction." "Ah!" observed Mr. Dennie, musingly. "Bad sign, ma'am, bad sign! Looks as if he had been shall we say put up to overstudying his part. That's possible! I have known men who were so anxious to be what one calls letter-perfect, Mr. Copplestone, that though they knew their parts, they didn't know how to play them. Fact, sir!"

J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher - Scarhaven Keep