bel-kalfate's

Updated: June 9, 2025

"Am I like that?" And then, "What can that one be to me?" As if in answer, bel-Kalfate's gaze came to his son. "I love thee," he said, and he kissed Habib's temple with his lips. "Thou art my son," he went on, "and my eyes were thirsty to drink of the sight of thee.

- O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921