t'ock

Updated: May 25, 2025

'Mummy tooked ve t'ock, said Milly, the eldest child, who had followed him in from the door, and now gravely observed his movements. 'She tooked ve t'ock an' went ta-ta. An' she tooked ve fyowers. Bob lit the paraffin lamp with the green glass reservoir, and carried it and its evil smell about the house. Some things had been turned over and others had gone, plainly.

- Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages