barber-woman

Updated: July 10, 2025

It is true you are a fool, and a pettish fool to boot; but then you are a child an amiable child, with all your self-willed folly, and we must help you, if we can. Sit down, I say, as you are desired, and you will find me a safer and wiser counseller than the barber-woman.

Sir Walter Scott - The Fortunes of Nigel