still-and-on

Updated: May 14, 2025

Mind, she jilted Jock, she jilted Colin, she jilted me; were we not the born idiots? yet still-and-on.... Sixty miles in twenty-four hours; good marching, lads, good marching, for half-starved men, and not the true heather-bred at that." The voice was becoming weaker in every sentence, the flush was paling on the countenance.

Neil Munro - Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure