diccon's

Updated: May 8, 2025

Nobly warned, fair upon our guard, we will meet you as knightly foe should be met." He stood for a minute, the quick change that had come into his face at Diccon's blundering words gone, and his features sternly impassive again; then, very slowly, he raised his arm from his side and held out his hand. His eyes met mine in sombre inquiry, half eager, half proudly doubtful.

Mary Johnston - To Have and to Hold