wash-benches

Updated: May 8, 2025

I'd 'a' put it on befo' de weddin', 'cep'n I didn't have no title to it, an' it wouldn't 'a' been no comfort to her noways. Set down, missy." She began wiping off one of her wash-benches with her apron as she spoke. "Set down, mistus, an' lemme talk to you." The situation was interesting, and the mistress sat down.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches