s'h'h

Updated: May 6, 2025

Hattie in the corner nudged Sadie. Sadie urged Emmy Lou, who, next to the stout lady, touched her timidly. "We have to get out," said Emmy Lou, "we've got to say our parts." "Not now," said the lady, reassuringly, "the programme is at the cemetery." Emmy Lou did not understand, and she tried to tell the lady. "S'h'h," said that person, engaged with the spectacle and the crowd, "sh-h-"

George Madden Martin - Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart