splendidly-worked

Updated: May 22, 2025

Val was dressing for dinner, and Maude, herself ready, sat by him, her baby on her knee. The child was attired for the first time in a splendidly-worked robe with looped-up sleeves; and she had brought it in to challenge admiration for its pretty arms, with all the pardonable pride of a young mother. "Won't you kiss it for once, Val?"

Mrs. Henry Wood - Elster's Folly : A Novel