unproffered

Updated: May 12, 2025

So I was bound to come in like a gen'leman, sir, and here I am!" He threw himself in an unproffered chair and stared at Breeze. "I'm afraid," said Breeze dryly, "that, nevertheless, I never knew who you were, and that even now I am ignorant whom I am addressing."

Bret Harte - Under the Redwoods

He was satisfied that his visitor, like many others of humble position, was succumbing to his good fortune. "I wanted to see ye, Mr. Ford," he began, taking an unproffered chair and depositing his hat after some hesitation outside the door, "in regard to what I onct told ye about my wife in Mizzouri. P'r'aps you disremember?" "I remember," returned the master resignedly.

Bret Harte - Cressy