readier-witted

Updated: May 1, 2025

And a fine woman she was in her way, tall and not over-stout, dark, with rich hair; in summer she went barefooted mostly, and with her skirt kilted high; Inger was not afraid of letting her calves be seen. Isak saw them as who did not! They did not quarrel, no. Isak had no talent for quarrelling, and his wife had grown readier-witted to answer back.

Knut Hamsun - Growth of the Soil