hen-with-one-chick

Updated: August 29, 2026

But fate sent the change that was needed, in the shape of a little winter campaign on the Border, which, after the manner of little campaigns, flashed out into a very ugly war; and Cottar's regiment was chosen among the first. "Now," said a major, "this'll shake the cobwebs out of us all especially you, Galahad; and we can see what your hen-with-one-chick attitude has done for the regiment."

Rudyard Kipling - The Day's Work - Volume 1