The Taste of Love and Glory by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Classics
Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe Taste of Love and Glory by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Classics
πππ It is one of many such; for he was a collector of old local traditions. It is the tale of a young Irishman who had a wicked argument with his sweetheart one night, and, drunken and depressed in his regret, fell in with the army. He died on the battlefield -- and still somehow returned to find his woman waiting. . . . tales like these are prevalent throughout the south of Ireland. The writer can vouch for one case; others are commonplace enough. And by no means is this the weirdest lore recorded in. . . . THE PURCELL PAPERS, VOLUME III