lo-o-ord

Updated: May 13, 2025

So I carried her to the gate, and sitting up in my arms she called twice: "Laban Laban!" "What cheer O?" the hind called back. His lantern was a spark on the hill-side, and he could not tell the voice at that distance. "Have you seen him?" "Wha-a-a-t?" "The angel of the Lo-o-ord!" "Wha-a-a-t?" "I'm afraid we can't make him understand," she whispered. "Hush; don't shout!"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Noughts and Crosses : Stories, Studies and Sketches