blood-sheddings

Updated: August 22, 2026

I loved that girl, whom as a babe I held in my arms, and even her rough father, I loved him for his honest heart, although he always mistrusted me, the Spaniard and rightly. The knight Harflete, too, who lies yonder, he was of a brave breed, but not one who would have served our turn. Well, they are gone, and for these blood-sheddings we must find absolution." "If we can." "Oh! we can, we can.

Henry Rider Haggard - The Lady of Blossholme