But the knife never fell, for from the silent avenues of the dark forest came the good Saint Winfred and his people.
"Good Stories For Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading"
Frances Jenkins Olcott
Saint Winfred dropped his axe, and turned to speak to the people.
"Good Stories For Great Holidays Arranged for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading"
Frances Jenkins Olcott
Another Anglo-Saxon, Winfred, or Bonifacius, had been equally active among his Frisian cousins.
"Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete"
John Lothrop Motley