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I see you young blades living dangerously,
a household eaten up, a wife dishonored—
and yet the master will return, I tell you,
to his own place, and soon; for he is near.
So may some power take you out of this,
homeward, and softly, not to face that man
the hour he sets foot on his native ground.
Between him and the suitors I foretell
no quittance, no way out, unless by blood . . .

Ruh-roh, fellas.

. . . and built twelve sties adjoining in this yard to hold the livestock. Fifty sows with farrows were penned in each, bedded upon the earth, while the boars lay outside—fewer by far, as those well-fatted were for the suitor's table, fine pork, sent by the swineherd every day. Three hundred sixty now lay there at night, . . .
I can smell this. 😵

Just now deciding to try to quickly (re)read a book I haven't read in over 20 years before this weekend's movie release seems like one of my better decisions.