subtly-calculated

Updated: May 18, 2025

"He can write poetry at least he tells me he can." Mr. Dagonet hesitated, as if aware of the inadequacy of the alternative, and then added: "And he can count on three thousand a year from me." Mr. Spragg tilted himself farther back without disturbing his subtly-calculated relation to the scrap basket. "Does it cost anything like that to print his poetry?" Mr.

Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country