sin-eaters

Updated: May 23, 2025

Have ye ever been in Wales?" Ferval stumbled in his answer. It was overlooked; the old man continued: "If ye have, ye must have heard of the sin-eaters. I am one of them, I am an eater of sin " Again the girl exclaimed, this time piteously, "Oh, father, remember your vow!" "Poor lass! Yes, I was a doer of evil, and I became an eater of sin. Some day my sins will be forgiven this is my penance."

James Huneker - Visionaries