This cousinly greeting from the village reprobate was as exciting and as inexplicable as it was unheard of.
She came in a trifle defiantly, although that passed unnoticed, and she also came unannounced, as was her cousinly privilege.
His rare references to his own emotions made the old, cousinly intimacy a frequent meeting-ground.
Now Kitty Hampton should have an opportunity to prove that cousinly affection of which she was always assuring him.
"Never you mind about his legs, you old bladder-head," says Eli, cousinly.
