well-wished

Updated: June 23, 2025

I scribbled down the great news against time. So I calculated. I flattered myself that I knew the ins and outs of our despatches and mail deliveries, also that I had allowed in my calculation for censorial delay. It was pleasant to think how pleased he might be expected to be. I well-wished him with a prayer. Then I started down the glaring white road for the wharf.

Arthur Shearly Cripps - Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales