The worn horses went dispiritedly up and down; the throaty-voiced men clamored strangely through their beards; children played in the black ooze of the gutters; women bundled in immense knitted garments and with their heads wrapped in shawls, haggled over scatterings of faded, weak looking vegetables.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre
She asked him dispiritedly who it was, and he replied that the gentleman had declined to give a name.
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page
Hal shut herself into the case, took down the receiver, and, still dispiritedly, asked: Hullo!
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page