suppose-i

Updated: June 19, 2025

"Well, I think this much, ma'am, as I told you years ago." said Oak, "that his life is a total blank whenever he isn't hoping for 'ee; but I can't suppose-i hope that nothing so dreadful hangs on to it as you fancy. His natural manner has always been dark and strange, you know. But since the case is so sad and oddlike, why don't ye give the conditional promise? I think I would." "But is it right?

Thomas Hardy - Far from the Madding Crowd