something-about-to-happen

Updated: May 6, 2025

Then suddenly the Red Setter lifted his sensitive nose in the air, and the spotted Dalmatian bristled faintly across the ridge of his back. Through the whole room, it seemed, swept a curious cottony sense of Something-About-to-Happen! Was it that a sound hushed? Or that a hush decided suddenly to be a sound?

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott - Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs