Archive for May, 2008

Unfinished Tales

Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Benjamin
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‘Great heart!’ said Turambar. ‘Happy was the choice that took you for a helper!’ But even as he spoke, a great stone hurtled from above and smote Hunthor on the head, and he fell into the water, and so ended; not the least valient in the House of Haleth. Then Turambar cried: [...]

The Betrothed

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Benjamin
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‘The bakery! Let’s go to the bakery!’ was the cry.
In the street called the Corsia de’ Servi, there is still today a bakery which bears the same name that it did then. In Tuscan it would be called the ‘Forno delle Grucce’; but in the Milanese dialect its name is made up of [...]