please-don't-all-speak-at-once

Updated: June 23, 2025

She would begin by saying in a please-don't-all-speak-at-once tone, "Now, children, who wants this dear little neck?" and naturally they all wanted it, because it was pretty plain to them that it was something extra sweet and juicy. So she would allot it as a reward of goodness to the child who had been behaving best, and throw in the gizzard for nourishment.

George Horace Lorimer - Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son