beggar-lass

Updated: May 17, 2025

"Tush!" she cried, with a gesture of extravagant contempt. "You mistake; I am no good-deeds monger, to give my bread and butter to the next beggar-lass. I tell you I am the woman who came first out of the womb of Mother-earth. I will yield only that which is snatched from me.

S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett - Red Axe