smoother-down

Updated: May 25, 2025

Annie's face was not only the most unclouded, her laugh the merriest of all the faces and laughs which appeared and were heard in Welby Square. She became almost as much of a peacemaker, a smoother-down of rough interludes, an allayer of irritating ebullitions, as Dora was wont to be at home. "Annie is so much improved," Rose wrote to May, "I never saw her looking prettier.

Sarah Tytler - A Houseful of Girls