Whenever he appeared in the yard, she would run to meet him, prating and clucking all the time, and impeding his progress by walking between his legs, to his no small annoyance.
It was nice to have a man fussing and clucking and scolding, even if it was only that old maid in pants, Frank Kennedy. It was especially soothing after Rhett's brutal treatment.
They clucked to their horses and rode along in silence for a while, a flush of embarrassment on Stuart's brown cheeks.Until the previous summer, Stuart had courted India Wilkes with the approbation of both families and the entire County.