p-p-pale

Updated: May 12, 2025

"All the same," retorted Toby, savagely, "he's a t-t-thief, and outside the p-p-pale of the law." "Just so," Steve went on, and Max was surprised at his moderation, because, as a rule, Steve had always been the most reckless one of the crowd; "but suppose now we found that we'd done more than we calculated on, Toby? A charge of small birdshot starts out on its errand a whole lot like a bullet.

Lawrence J. Leslie - At Whispering Pine Lodge