sulled

Updated: May 12, 2025

Looks like I cain't do nothin' for my own woman a-givin' an' a-givin' to Huldy, like she was some po' white trash, some beggar!" But he had only "sulled," as his mother called it, never quite able to reach the point he desired of actually flinging the care, the gifts, and the loving labors back in the foster-parents' faces.

- Southern Lights and Shadows