re-pair-ing

Updated: May 26, 2025

At this Euphemia and I could not help bursting into laughter. Pomona did not seem at all confused, but went on with her reading. "I hurried to the door, and, look-ing out, I saw a wagon at the gate. Re-pair-ing there, I saw a man. Said he, 'Wilt open this gate? I had fasten-ed up the gates and remov-ed every steal-able ar-ticle from the yard." Euphemia and I looked at each other.

Frank Richard Stockton - Rudder Grange