"Goodness me!" Biffo exclaimed, "I could have sworn that young lass was a dwarf! Oh, dear, just like me to put my foot in it."
Nothing for it but to attend to his ale. Biffo picked up the tankard in both of his worn but still-young hands, and tried his best to stop the embarrassment rising to flush his face.
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But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.
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