sword-straight

Updated: May 9, 2025

"There is nothing to do but leave that everlasting Why to God," said I, painfully. The Butterfly Man looked up and one saw that cold sword-straight, diamond-hard something in his eyes: "Parson," said he, grimly, "you're a million miles off the right track and you know it.

Marie Conway Oemler - Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man