H. C. Bailey,
The Fool — Chapter 13
(1921)
“ See your England, my King," and he thrust the squashed pasty under Henry's nose. "You load her with all Christendom and heathenry and glory and it crushes her life blood out." "Hear the words of the preacher, Bran the fool," said Becket angrily, "Once there was a wise man and a wise man was he," Bran made owl's eyes, "farther he saw than any man could see, but when he went a-walking he walked into a tree." ”
H. C. Bailey,
The Fool — Chapter 13
(1921)
“ And the while the strength of France gathered to Toulouse. Among the walnut trees by the river the King had his pavilion, and as the nightfall darkened that lucent southern sky he would talk with his Chancellor of all that he was doing and had in mind to do, strange talk, petty and grand in the same moment, so that Bran said to him: "Peace be with you, Henry my brother. A just man are you. ”
H. C. Bailey,
The Fool — Chapter 13
(1921)
“ Bran murmured, and Becket glared at him. "Thomas, were you born of woman?" "Do you think me no man, fool?" "God he knows, Thomas. But Bran he doubts. For mortal man is sometimes wrong, but Thomas the deacon is only strong." ”
