caa-ra

Updated: May 21, 2025

The rays of the lantern danced on the furze-bushes to right and left of the path.... Vashti leapt to her feet; her hands went up to her lips and hollowed themselves to a low call. "Lul lul loo ee!" From the brake above came a little cry, a little gasping cry; and gruffly upon it Eli Tregarthen's voice challenged "Who goes there?" "Caa-ra! caa-ra!... Oh, Ruth my sister!"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Major Vigoureux