Henrietta Branford Quotes

“Church rules us with a hard rod, Comfort.”

“Do you think I’m a rich man, Comfort, to feed my dog on milk? Not I. I work for what I get.”

“The wolves came down to the farm last night. They spoke to me of freedom.”

“I am a creature of several worlds. I know the house and the village and have my place in both.”

“That’s the best hunting dog we’ve ever had. Best in the village and you know it. Everybody knows it. She does you credit, Rufus.”

“That’s the best hunting dog we’ve ever had. Best in the village and you know it. Everybody knows it. She does you credit, Rufus.”

“The plague killed so many, Comfort, labor was scarce, good fields were left untilled. Poor folk like us began to know our worth and ask for better wages. That angered King Edward, our king’s grandfather. When the strong grow angry, Comfort, the weak will suffer.”

“It was the lonely quiet of the village with all our people gone. Houses empty. Doors banging. Fires out. No smoke rising. Starving dogs dragging themselves from door to door. Beasts out in the meadow lowing to be milked... Comfort, it felt like the end of the world.”

“We were not, nor would ever be, truly wild. I had known fireside, bed, and bone, Rufus’s pat and his soft look.”

“What people do not want they usually destroy.”