Chokily

“It is almost mocking me to talk about my help, you who are so much more influential,” she answered, rather chokily.

Then Alice said, speaking chokily because she had not quite done crying: “Let’s wave a flag.”

“I haven’t one thing that belonged to my mother,” said Anne, chokily. “I—I can never thank you enough for these letters.”

She swallowed chokily with a dry throat, but she turned her head away and gazed indifferently into the fire.