retroacts

Updated: June 4, 2025

So as he come round the corner of the buildin' follered by some bewildered lookin' natives I put out my hand and sez, "I don't know as you know me, Professor Aspire Todd, but you visited me in Jonesville. I am Josiah Allen's wife." He grasped my hand almost warmly and sez, "Indeed my memory retroacts readily on that delightsome remembrance."

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition