spinster-sempstress

Updated: May 6, 2025

And as the spinster-sempstress departed by the train, so the sister-in-law departed in a pony-cart, with a son and a grandmother in the pony- cart, together with such goods as the cart would hold; and, through staggering adventures, reached safety at Troyes. "And how did you yourself get on?" I asked the spinster-sempstress. She answered: "It was terrible.

Arnold Bennett - Over There : War Scenes on the Western Front

Officers had said lightly that there was no danger, that the Germans could not possibly reach that small town. Nevertheless, the train that the spinster-sempstress took was the last train to leave.

Arnold Bennett - Over There : War Scenes on the Western Front