"I have made a mistake. They condemn me to death and I ask for a boy to coach me for it. A red-headed boy, who gobbles his buttered bread and toddles to his horse with the seat of his pants wet, this is the young man they hope will get me on my knees, full of prayer. This is the young man I hope will be able to help me, although with what and how I cannot think."

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Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.62, Pan Macmillan

Hannah Kent

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