poh'ly

Updated: May 15, 2025

And then, after satisfying himself that nothing more was needed of him for the present, Isham left the room; and when he reached the kitchen, he addressed himself to its plump mistress: "Letty," said he, "when dat ar Mister Crof has got froo wid his dinner, you go an' fotch back de plates an' dishes. He axes too many questions to suit me, dis day." "You is poh'ly to-day, Uncle Isham," said Letty.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null