The Witch's Head by H. Rider Haggard Fiction Fantasy Historical Action & Adventure Fairy Tales Folk Tales Legends & Mythology

<p><strong>I have my idol said his uncle and it has made me forget my sister and your mother.</strong> Had she not written at last when she was dying I should have forgotten you too.</p><p>The boy looked up puzzled.</p><p>An idol!</p><p>Yes went on his uncle in his dreamy way -- an idol. Many people have them; they keep them in the cupboard with their family skeleton; sometimes the two are identical. And they call them by many names too; frequently it is a woman's name; sometimes that of a passion; sometimes that of a vice but a virtue's -- not often.</p>