undersmoked

Updated: May 6, 2025

Now, since Thorgrimur Iron-Toe's death, his housewife, Saevuna, Eric's mother, had grown dim of sight, and, though she peered and peered again from her seat in the ingle nook, she could not see the face of her son. "What ails thee, Eric, that thou sittest so silent? Was not the meat, then, to thy mind at supper?" "Yes, mother, the meat was well enough, though a little undersmoked."

Henry Rider Haggard - Eric Brighteyes