boy-y-y-y

Updated: June 29, 2025

'Spruce ahoy! he blared through the speaking trumpet two or three times. There seemed to be a reply of some sort from the steamer. 'Tuesday's gale hev loosened the pier, Cap'n Ounce; the bollards be too weak to make fast to: must land in boats if ye will land, but dangerous; yer wife is out of danger, and 'tis a boy-y-y-y!

Thomas Hardy - The Hand of Ethelberta