fool-carle

Updated: May 25, 2025

Have we no eyes, fool-carle?" And he laughed again, for he was wroth. Ralph hearkened, and a kind of fear seemed griping his heart, so he asked the franklin: "Tell me, sir, are ye two speaking of a woman who is Queen of these strong-thieves?" "Yea," said he, "or it might better be said that she is their goddess, their mawmet, their devil, the very heart and soul of their wickedness.

William Morris - The Well at the World's End: a tale