Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


When the men returned, burdened with sacks of shellfish, Mark
Hall, as high priest, commanded the due and solemn rite of the
tribe. At a wave of his hand, the many poised stones came down in
unison on the white meat, and all voices were uplifted in the
Hymn to the Abalone. Old verses all sang, occasionally some one
sang a fresh verse alone, whereupon it was repeated in chorus.
Billy betrayed Saxon by begging her in an undertone to sing the
verse she had made, and her pretty voice was timidly raised in:

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