come-the-greek-the-greek

Updated: June 1, 2025

And now, feeling that the crisis was upon him, and confusing speed with intensity, and sound with passion, he rushed his words, with ever-increasing speed, into a wild yell. "He-woke-to-hear-his-sentries-shriek-to-arms-they come-the-Greek-THE-GREEK!" There was a moment of startled stillness, then, "tchik! tchik!"

Ralph Connor - Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry