daffe

Updated: July 8, 2026

In an instant Alleyne and John were on foot, and had lifted her forth all in a shake with fear, but little the worse for her mischance. "Now woe worth me!" she cried, "and ill fall on Michael Easover of Romsey! for I told him that the pin was loose, and yet he must needs gainsay me, like the foolish daffe that he is."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The White Company