pencil-scribble

Updated: October 21, 2025

It was to make a volume of verse celebrating each of the various departments of the great store, in metres parodying the styles of the old English ballads and various poets, ancient and modern, and was to be called, "Bon Marché Ballads." "Something like this, for example," said Henry, a few days later, pulling an envelope covered with pencil-scribble from his pocket.

Richard Le Gallienne - Young Lives