Note 589 — STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WOULD FUTTER HIS FATHER’S WIVES.[580]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
There is a confusion in the text easily rectified by the sequel. The facetia suggests the tale of the Schildburgers, who on a fine summer’s day carried the darkness out of the house in their caps and emptied it into the sunshine which they bore to the dark room.