return-good-for-evil

Updated: May 13, 2025

I saw it in the grass a few minutes ago and picked it up. It had rolled just under that dock-leaf. Isn't it sweet? I shall give it back to her after she has forgiven me to-morrow." "What a charming, return-good-for-evil character you have suddenly become, Pauline!" As Nancy spoke she poised the thimble on her second finger. Her fingers were small, white, and tapering.

L. T. Meade - Girls of the Forest