s-l-e

Updated: May 7, 2025

I'm glad I've never fallen to bad eggs!" "Sleuth," echoed Bunting, staring at her. "What a queer name! How d'you spell it S-l-u-t-h?" "No," she shot out, "S-l-e u t h." "Oh," he said doubtfully. "He said, 'Think of a hound and you'll never forget my name," and Mrs. Bunting smiled.

Marie Belloc Lowndes - The Lodger

Peter Justice stood up to spell and before three rounds he was nodding on his feet, so she pronounced "sleepy" to him. Some one nudged Pete and he waked up and spelled it, s-l-e, sle, p-e, pe, and because he really was so sleepy it made every one laugh.

Gene Stratton-Porter - Laddie; a true blue story