Did it change into the cry of the wind, plaintive at first, angrily shrill as it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking to a musical trickle of air from the leech of the bellying sail?
They say that when effort is the main driver, that's when a Plan B can leech upon your mental energies.
"We try to work out what it is that's preventing them from leaving the house," said Helen Leech, the organization's director.
His master, sending for a leech, asked his advice.