slowly-gathered

Updated: June 3, 2025

Suddenly, Geordie seemed to remember something, and, smiling brightly, he feebly raised his hand to his jacket-pocket, and drew out the little chamois bag, containing the slowly-gathered store of money with which he intended to buy the ear-trumpet for his poor deaf granny.

Mrs. Milne Rae - Geordie's Tryst: A Tale of Scottish Life