c-o-r-u-n-a

Updated: June 11, 2025

"'The discharge has come to-night, said the drummer; and the word is Corunna no longer. And stepping to the chimney-place, he unhooked the drum and trumpet, and began to twist the brass rings of the lock, spelling the word aloud, so 'C-O-R-U-N-A. When he had fixed the last letter, the padlock opened in his hand.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - The Roll-Call Of The Reef