Hild And Oswald Quotes

“Who are you, Hild Yffing? You read and write, and your priests treat you like a bishop-for they are your priests, Roman and British, that’s plain. But people call you seer and hægtes.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“She did not bother to answer him. He seemed happy to keep talking and eventually he would answer his own question.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“If there was to be a challenge it would not be from her, or not today.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“Oswald was studying her, and perhaps he had drunk more than she knew because, for the first time, he was not talking care to guard his expression: He was puzzled.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood