would-be-just

Updated: May 3, 2025

In spite of all this, however, David so evidently did his best to carry out the "dos" and avoid the "don'ts," that at four o'clock that first Monday he won from the stern but would-be-just Farmer Holly his freedom for the rest of the day; and very gayly he set off for a walk.

Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter - Just David