Returning the Gift
James Lasdun, 2 November 2000
“... ear, as British here means – but I’m being paranoid; he’s got some other axe to grind: King Arthur … Now there was a male mother, nourishing his men on his own blood, know what I’m saying? I don’t. Sir Bors, Gawain … The warrior’s gone dead in the modern male … I signal my wife let’s go, to no avail: Your wild man’s hurting … I ... ”