velvetyness

Updated: May 20, 2025

There was something panther-like in those restless footfalls, a meaning velvetyness that made him shiver, and again he wished he were dead or elsewhere. After a time the hall door opened, and someone came upstairs, along the passage, and to the little woman's room. As he entered, she turned and faced him. "Christie," he said harshly, "do you know what you have done?"

E. Pauline Johnson - The Moccasin Maker