The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Quotes

“It was dusk - winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold, but from dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger.”
― Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

“Very good. Couldn’t be better. We’ll put some ginger in the good lady’s gravy.”
― Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

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― Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase