[Ramius]

Defend your honor? Hmm... [he said, pensively] Damsels are those that depend on the swords of others, while wenches on the other hand just pick up the hand-and-a-half and commence to loppin' heads.

Eowyn, for example. No damsel, she. :-)

[Wneighbor]

Damsels are those that depend on the swords of others, while wenches on the other hand just pick up the hand-and-a-half and commence to loppin' heads.

Thinkin' o' takin' some chances to see what's what? Intelligence, whether of the damsel or wench variety, would say, let another do battle and save my strength for other things.