William Morris

“ So he abode a little in an ingle of the garth wall, while the sheep lessened but grew clearer before him, and the scarlet raiment of his grandson grew brighter; and then he went swiftly, skirting the knoll till he had it betwixt him and the stead, and thereafter he went more leisurely toward the north; and he said to himself: The lad will do well enough; and as to the women, they will make the less outcry, that when they find me and my weapons gone they will think I have fared with him up the bent. ”

“ I love not thy were-wolves, that are big and gruesome enough to frighten two stout armed men; and I love not thy Dwarfs, who cut off their own heads and stick them on again, and give guesting to little lads, doing them no hurt ”

“ So the day wore amidst divers matters, and the sheep pastured anigh to the Mel; but ever the goodman said that, wolves or no wolves, he must drive them up the bent next day. But he said this so often, that it seemed as if he were not overwilling thereto ”