even-chanced

Updated: May 21, 2025

There was a heavy rush, such as a bear always makes when alarmed; Koskomenos swept back to his perch; and I sought the shore, half inclined to make my next hunting more even-chanced by disposing of one meddlesome factor. "You wretched, noisy, clattering meddler!"

William J. (William Joseph) Long - Secrets of the Woods