William Morris

“ And every one of these good things would Stephen give to Osberne with a friendly grin, and Osberne took them with a joyful heart because now he had a new thing to give to Elfhild, and each one he shot across the river unto her the soonest that he might. But whiles, when his heart was full, Osberne would say to the smith: Thou givest me so much, and doest so well by me, that I know not how ever I am to make it good to thee. And Stephen would say: Fear not, master, the time will come when thou mayst do such good to me as shall pay for all at once. ”

“ He was a tall man, yellow-haired, and goodly both of face and body, but his face much hidden with a beard untrimmed; and he was clad in rags which scarce held together, and never a shoe had he to his foot. ”