u-ugh

Updated: May 31, 2025

"I'm to fish and shoot and fence!" she crowed. "And, oh! look at those knives! U-ugh!... And, my! what are these?" she cried, pouncing on the Indian clubs. "And look at the spiders! Dear, dear, I AM glad they're dead, anyhow," she shuddered with a nervous laugh that was almost a sob. Something in Billy's voice stirred Mrs. Hartwell to sudden action.

Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter - Miss Billy