ravagerous

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Ef yer can't answer a civil question as it outer be, yer needn't stay round dis part of de house." "Don't be ravagerous," returned Dolf. "Any question ob yours it is my delight to answer, only propose it." "I does, plainly enough. What's marster gwine to have done to dat ar ole tree?" "Hab de airth dug up," said Dolf, deeming it wiser to use a more simple phraseology; "he's 'feared it's dying."

Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens - A Noble Woman