washin'-woman

Updated: July 16, 2025

It was something, however, to be sure of privacy, to know himself alone with his Emîr in knowledge of the English tongue. "Oh, sir," he faltered, "forgif me, do, or I shall die of grief. You 'f neffer been the same to me since goin' to the Mission. I luf you, sir, enough to gif my life. I thought you would hate me if you knew my mother was a washin'-woman!

Marmaduke William Pickthall - The Valley of the Kings