well-unexpected

Updated: June 23, 2025

What a relief it would be to see him in his shirt-sleeves or with soiled boots or linen or to hear him say something well-unexpected! Six shillings a week to the church and four to charity, as if that were the contract no more, no less! But did ye ever hear o' his going out o' his way to do a good thing say to help a poor woman left with a lot o' babies or a poor lad that wants to go to school?

Irving Bacheller - The Light in the Clearing