On this, the authorized day of passion and romance, when one tries hurriedly to spark a new flame or fan an old one back to life, when a wooer would prefer not to beat around the bush of love but rather dive right into it, the best Valentine's gifts may indeed be the staples : a dozen fragrant roses, a box of fine chocolates, a bottle of French perfume.
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According to Paul Bibire, " Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns " is certainly intended as a specific and intentional response to " Konr��s saga ", to which its shorter version contains an explicit reference : it deals, of course, with the hero's relationship with a faithful, though unjustly suspected, companion'.'The author of " Jarlmanns saga ok Hermanns " was acquainted not only with indigenous Icelandic romances, such as " Konr��s saga ", but also with the Old Norse translation " Tristrams saga ok Isondar ", from which the proxy wooing, the bride as leech, and the problem of the proxy wooer as lover presumably derive.
