Note 210
The Second Kalandar’s Tale.
The converse of the breast being broadened, the drooping, "draggle-tail" gait compared with the head held high and the chest inflated.
…at trouble and pother be this wherewith thou disturbest me? What mishap hath betided thee?" "No mishap hath befallen me" she answered, "save that my breast was straitened[FN#210] and my heart heavy with sadness! so I drank a little wine to broaden it and to hearten myself; then I rose to obey a call of Nature, but the wine had gotten into my head and I fell against the alcove." "Thou liest, like the whore thou art!" shrieked t…
Return to passage