s-u-d-d-e-n-l-y

Updated: June 14, 2025

Some of them look too hard." He began and dropped several verses, because of their difficulty. Finally he settled on one, because of its shortness. He read its seven words haltingly but carefully. "'L-e-s-t' I don't know that word 'c-o-m-i-n-g' coming 's-u-d-d-e-n-l-y he find you s-l-e-e-p-i-n-g. 'Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping."

Mary E. (Mary Ellen) Bamford - Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East