heartsmith

Updated: May 10, 2025

Being very absent-minded I said, "Come in," the first time. "You were rejected for this, I suppose?" he said. "No, cow-hocked or spavined, I forget which," I said. "This hadn't started then." The rite was quite a lengthy one, and at the conclusion the heartsmith said, "M yes, there is a slight murmuring, certainly."

Various - Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917