ca-y-est

Updated: May 2, 2025

"He is coming slowly," replied Louis. "He came slowly behind you all the time, so as to draw the fire away from you." They turned and waited for Barlasch, who seemed to be going in the wrong direction with an odd vagueness in his movements. Louis ran towards him with Desiree at his heels. "Ca-y-est," said Barlasch; which cannot be translated, and yet has many meanings. "Ca-y-est."

Henry Seton Merriman - Barlasch of the Guard