pit-a-pat-a-pit-pat

Updated: August 22, 2026

I doubt not the words were put in the mouth of some sinner, and the moral dwelt on their literal significance. But half-way down the first page sleep must have descended on me: and I woke up to the sound of light footsteps. Pit-a-pat pit-a-pat-a-pit-pat. I lifted my head.

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