too-tardy

Updated: May 18, 2025

Indeed one of the whispered anecdotes of Snuffy's past was of a hushed-up story that was just saved from becoming a scandal, but in reference to which Mr. Crayshaw was even more narrowly saved from a crowd of women who had taken the too-tardy law into their own hands.

Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing - We and the World, Part I: A Book for Boys