ro-o-o-tten

Updated: July 29, 2026

His brow had the little puckerings of a thoroughly discontented man, little wrinklings and lumps, particularly over his right eye, and he sat with his hands in his pockets, a little askew on the stile and swung one leg. "Hole!" he repeated presently. He broke into a quavering song. "Ro-o-o-tten Be-e-astly Silly Hole!"

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The History of Mr. Polly