waterin'-places

Updated: September 16, 2025

But perhaps he may be going out of town to a distance," she added, with a new sense of despondency at this idea. "Not he, Miss," said Bob. "He'll none go away. He isn't one o' them gentlefolks as go to cry at waterin'-places when their wives die; he's got summat else to do. He looks fine and sharp after the parish, he does.

George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss