slip-out-by-the-back

Updated: May 1, 2025

"Well now, that's what the maid told me at the parsonage: but I thought, maybe, 'twas a trick a sort of slip-out-by-the-back and not-at-home to a creditor. I've heard of parsons playing that game, and no harm to their conscience, because no lie told." "Sir!" Emilia rose and faced him. "Oh, no offence, miss!

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Hetty Wesley