clickety-clack

Updated: May 2, 2025

"I wonder," he said, "if Deptford was ever really like it was in my dream the gardens and the clean river and the fields?" He got out of the house when no one was looking, and went off down the street. "Clickety-clack" went the crutch on the dusty pavement. His back ached; his lame foot hurt; his "good" leg was tired and stiff, and his heart, too, was very tired.

E. (Edith) Nesbit - Harding's luck