dickey-bird

Updated: June 5, 2025

"'Tis dickey-bird, aho!" cried he. There was exultation in his eye and voice. Here was a chance for him to prove himself against me; he had proved himself for me more than once. "Here was I," added he, "making for M'sieu' Voban, that he might come and bleed a sick soldier, when who should come running but our English captain! Come forth, aho!" "No, Gabord," said I, "I'm bound for freedom."

Gilbert Parker - The Seats of the Mighty, Complete