soul-worn

Updated: July 7, 2025

I suggest, Foy, that you should begin at the beginning." So Foy began at the beginning, and his tale proved sufficiently moving to interest even the soul-worn Adrian. Some portions of it he softened down, and some of it he suppressed for the sake of Elsa not very successfully, indeed, for Foy was no diplomatist, and her quick imagination filled the gaps.

Henry Rider Haggard - Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch