Monkey S Stagger Quotes

“Edmund, a hero, strode through the ripe green jungle-forest of Darzilla-Ny. Clad in link mail of the finest gold-washed bronze, on his hip a gold-hilted Darzillian scimitar, a selection of jeweled knives in various pouches and a frown of stern intent on his tanned and handsome face. Edmund was, nevertheless, plainly terrified. He had some cause to be.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“At the birth of Edmund, the second son, he had been dedicated to heroic adventure. An attractive child, even so young, he had nonetheless screamed with horror, as if he understood the life he was being saddled with. As he grew older, and the ghastly day drew closer when he must leave hearth and home, he had fallen prey to fainting fits. It wasn’t any use at all. Even as he lay in a swoon on his twenty-first birthday they had buckled on his sword and carried him carefully out on to the lawn of the family estate, next bolting the doors against him from inside.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“Adorable Inglish-man,” he said. “I will tell you. In order to escape me, you must seek the monkey’s stagger.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales