vincey

Updated: June 3, 2025

Rising from his chair, he faced her and said "Lady, I am glad that you have heard my words, even if they should vex you." "Why should it vex me to learn that there is one honest man in this court who will have naught to do with murder? Nay, I honour you for those words. Know also that no such foul thoughts have come near to me. Yet, Leo Vincey, that which is written is written."

Henry Rider Haggard - Ayesha, the Return of She