steeming

Updated: May 5, 2025

But she seemed to have forgotten that. Also the Kiss. "Barbara," she said, in the meanest voice, "how long have you been smoking?" Now I must pause to explain this. Had mother aproached me in a sweet and maternal manner, I would have been softened, and would have told the Whole Story. But she did not. She was, as you might say, steeming with Rage. And seeing that I was misunderstood, I hardened.

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Bab: a Sub-Deb