peat-stalk

Updated: May 31, 2025

I turned and felt whether I could draw out a peat. With a little loosening I succeeded. "Father," I said, "couldn't we make a hole in the peat-stalk, and build ourselves in?" "A capital idea, my boy!" he answered, with a gladness in his voice which I venture to attribute in part to his satisfaction at finding that I had some practical sense in me. "We'll try it at once."

George MacDonald - Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood