twisdon's

Updated: July 11, 2025

'I don't see him, said I. 'Look! There! A yard from the reeds just above that stickle. 'I've got him now. You might swear he was a black stone. 'So, he said, and whistled another bar of 'Annie Laurie'. 'Twisdon's the name, isn't it? he said over his shoulder, his eyes still fixed on the stream. 'No, I said. 'I mean to say, Yes. I had forgotten all about my alias.

John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps