half-song

Updated: May 20, 2025

He would awake on the morrow with a headache, perhaps, but with a proud consciousness that he had accomplished the feat of a statesman for himself and for his band. Bigbeam rowed steadily toward home, crooning some barbarous old half-song of her race. She was very happy. Markham awoke late for the simple reason that it had been nearly morning when he went to bed.

Stanley Waterloo - The Wolf's Long Howl