prey-feet

Updated: May 17, 2025

Then he spreads himself out to dispose of the prey-feet tucked well in, head low, tail laid close along, eyes shut fast. That is how a cat of breeding loves to dine, Alas! many a day of intolerable prowling, many a black vigil, had taken the polish off the hundred-and-three.

Maurice Henry Hewlett - Earthwork out of Tuscany: Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett