smoothly-spoken

Updated: June 11, 2025

Joan, roused from her reverie by those smoothly-spoken words, uttered in a harsh and grating voice, turned quickly round to find herself face to face with Peter Sanghurst the man she had fondly hoped had passed out of her life for ever. The remembrance of the plague was fast dying out from men's minds. Sir Hugh had been one of those most alarmed by the ravages of the plague.

Evelyn Everett-Green - In the Days of Chivalry