hernes

Updated: August 12, 2026

I must say for the Hernes that they took the matter very coolly; some were eating, others drinking, and some were talking about their small affairs; there was one, however, who did not take the matter so coolly, but took on enough for the whole family, sitting beside the dead woman, tearing her hair, and refusing to take either meat or drink; it was the child Leonora.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest