soft-hearts

Updated: June 4, 2025

If thou be still angry with the carle whom I first unhorsed, I pray thee pardon him his ill-luck." "Ill-luck!" said the Lord, "Why, I saw him that he was downright afraid of thee. And if my men are to grow blenchers and soft-hearts what is to do then? But tell me, Otter, what is the name of this carle?" Said Otter, "Redhead he hight, Lord." Said the Lord: "And what like a man is he in a fray?"

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