unladylikeness

Updated: May 18, 2025

I was indignant at the heartlessness of his cynicism, and so the answer that leaped to my lips was out before I had time to reflect upon its unladylikeness. "Ay," said I, "and each time you have cried in your soul, like Martha, 'Behold, he stinketh." My cousin laughed aloud. "You have a sharp tongue," he said, "take care you are not cut with it yourself some day."

Egerton Castle - The Light of Scarthey