old story Quotes

“Certainly the latter history of the Alvingtons seems to prove the truth of the old story of a curse. But it is also said that on Midsummer Eve ‘twain shall the magic Horn retrieve,’ and this is what the twins accomplish.”

“Three pigs... Straw, sticks, bricks... Huffs and puffs... You probably know the rest. It’s an old story, and every time someone tells it the same thing happens.”